Historical place profile

Hypnia?

An ancient settlement of Lokris, attested in Thucydides and some epigraphic evidence. It is generally identified (though unproven) with a fortified enclosure located on a hill now known as Gardiki near modern Tritaia (formerly Kolopetinitsa).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540828
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540828
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
38.464402, 22.367902
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement of Lokris, attested in Thucydides and some epigraphic evidence. It is generally identified (though unproven) with a fortified enclosure located on a hill now known as Gardiki near modern Tritaia (formerly Kolopetinitsa).

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 C4 Hypnia?

Source and reuse

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Research path

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