Hyampeia

38°29′19″N 22°31′03″EHyampeia is a mountain peak above the Castalian Spring in Delphi, Greece. Its modern name is Flemboukos.^[1] It is the eastern peak of the Phaedriades, the western peak was known as Nauplia.^[2] According to Herodotus, there was a sacred precinct at the foot of Hyampeia dedicated to the Delphic hero Autonous at the time of the Persian Wars. A battle between the Delphians and the Persians took place here during that war in which the Delphians won and prevented the Persians from looting Delphi.^[3]