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EPITALION (Ancient city) ILIA
Epitalion: Eth. Epitalieus. A town of Triphylia in Elis, near the
coast and a little south of the river Alpheius. It was identified with the Homeric
Thryon (Thruon) or Thryoessa (Thruoessa), a town in the dominions of Nestor, which
the poet describes as a place upon a lofty hill near the ford of the river Alpheius
(Hom. Il. ii. 592, xi. 710, Hymn. in Apoll. 423; Strab. viii.). Epitalium was
an important military post, because it commanded the ford of the Alpheius and
the road leading along the coast. Like the other dependent townships of Triphylia,
it revolted from Elis when Agis, the Spartan king, invaded the country in B.C.
401; and when Agis returned home, after ravaging Elis, he left a garrison in Epitalium.
(Xen. Hell. iii. § § 25, 29.) The town was taken by Philip in the Social War,
B.C. 218. (Polyb. iv. 80; Steph. B. s. v. Epitalion.) It appears to have occupied
the height of Agulenitza.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
VOLAX (Ancient city) ILIA
Bolach. A town of Triphylia in Elis, which surrendered to Philip in the Social
War. Its site is uncertain; but Leake, judging from similarity of name, places
it at Volantza, a village on the left bank of the Alpheius, about four miles above
its mouth.
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