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38°13′11″N 22°00′44″E / 38.2198°N 22.01219°E / 38.2198; 22.01219 Rhypes (Ancient Greek: Ῥύπες), or Rhypae or Rhypai (Ῥύπαι)cite-ref-1[1] was a polis (city-state)cite-ref-poleis-2-0[2] of ancient Achaea, 30 stadia west of Aegium, and was one of the original twelve Achaean cities.cite-ref-3[3] It had ceased to be a member of the Achaean League in the time of Polybius, who mentions Leontium in its place.cite-ref-4[4] Rhypes, however, continued to exist down to the time of Augustus; but this emperor destroyed the city and transferred its inhabitants to Patrae, and its territory (Ῥυπίς, or ἡ Ῥυπική) was divided between Aegium and Pharae.cite-ref-5[5] Its ruins were seen by Pausanias, in the 2nd century, at a short distance from the main road from Aegium to Patrae.cite-ref-6[6] We learn from Strabo that this town was mentioned by Aeschylus as κεραυνίας Ῥύπας, or "Rhypes stricken by the thunderbolt." It was the birthplace of Myscellus, the founder of Croton.cite-ref-strabo-7-0[7]

In the territory of Rhypes there was a suburb called Leuctrum (Λεῦκτρον),cite-ref-strabo-7-1[7] and also a seaport named Erineum (Ἐρινεόν or Ἐρινεὸς λιμήν) which is mentioned by Thucydides,cite-ref-8[8] and which is described by Pausanias as 60 stadia from Aegium.cite-ref-9[9]cite-ref-10[10]

The site of Rhypes is located south of modern Koumari.cite-ref-11[11]cite-ref-12[12]

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• List of ancient Greek cities

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefstephanus-of-byzantiumStephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

cite-note-poleis-22. ↑ citerefmogens-herman-hansen-thomas-heine-nielsen2004Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 485–486. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefherodotusHerodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.145.

cite-note-44. ↑ citerefpolybiusPolybius. The Histories. Vol. 2.41.

cite-note-55. ↑ refPausanias (1918). "18.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

cite-note-66. ↑ refPausanias (1918). "6.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 7.23.4.

cite-note-strabo-77. ↑ citerefstraboStrabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

cite-note-88. ↑ citerefthucydidesThucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 7.34.

cite-note-99. ↑ refPausanias (1918). "22.10". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

cite-note-1010. ↑ citerefplinyPliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.6.

cite-note-1111. ↑ citereflund-universityLund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

cite-note-1212. ↑ citerefrichard-talbert2000Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: citerefsmith1854-1857Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Rhypes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.