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FRIXA (Village) ILIA
Phrixa (Phrixa, Paus. et alii; Phrixai, Herod. iv. 148: Eth. Phrixaios),
a town of Triphylia in Elis, situated upon the left bank of the Alpheius, at the
distance of 30 stadia from Olympia. (Strab. viii. p. 343; Steph. B. s. v.) It
was founded by the Minyae (Herod. l. c.), and its name was derived from Phaestus.
(Steph. B. s. v. Makistos.) Phrixa is rarely mentioned in history; but it shared
the fate of the other Triphylian cities. (Comp. Xen. Hell. iii. 2. 30; Polyb.
iv. 77, 80.) Its position is determined by Pausanias, who says that it was situated
upon a pointed hill, opposite the Leucanias, a tributary of the Alpheius, and
at a ford of the latter river. (Paus. vi. 21. § 6.) This pointed hill is now called
Paleofanaro, and is a conspicuous object from both sides of the river, whence
the city received the name of Phaestus in later times. (Steph. B. s. v Phaistos.)
The city was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions there a temple of
Athena Cydonia. Upon the summit of the hill there are still remains of Hellenic
walls. (Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 210; Boblaye, Recherches &c. p. 136; Ross, Reisen
im Peloponnes, p. 108; Curtius, Peloponnesos, vol. ii. p. 90.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
FRIZA (Ancient city) SKILOUNTA
Phrixa (Paus. et alii); Phrixai (Herod. iv. 148): Eth. Phrixaios.
A town of Triphylia in Elis, situated upon the left bank of the Alpheius, at the
distance of 30 stadia from Olympia. (Strab. viii. p. 343; Steph. B. s. v.) It
was founded by the Minyae (Herod. l. c.), and its name was derived from Phaestus.
(Steph. B. s. v. Makistos.) Phrixa is rarely mentioned in history; but it shared
the fate of the other Triphylian cities. (Comp. Xen. Hell. iii. 2. 30; Polyb.
iv. 77, 80.) Its position is determined by Pausanias, who says that it was situated
upon a pointed hill, opposite the Leucanias, a tributary of the Alpheius, and
at a ford of the latter river. (Paus. vi. 21. § 6.) This pointed hill is now called
Paleofanaro, and is a conspicuous object from both sides of the river, whence
the city received the name of Phaestus in later times. (Steph. B. s. v Phaistos.)
The city was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions there a temple of
Athena Cydonia. Upon the summit of the hill there are still remains of Hellenic
walls.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
FRIXA (Village) ILIA
A town of Elis, on the borders of Pisatis, founded by the Minyae, and traditionally deriving its name from Phrixus.
FRIZA (Ancient city) SKILOUNTA
A town of Elis, on the borders of Pisatis, founded by the Minyae, and traditionally deriving its name from Phrixus.
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