Leipsydrium

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Leipsydrium, or Leipsydrion (Ancient Greek: Λειψύδριον), was a fortress of ancient Attica, in which the Alcmaeonidae fortified themselves after the death of Hipparchus, but was taken by the Peisistratidae after defeating the opposite party.[1] Herodotus describes it as situated above Paeonia, and other authorities place it above Mount Parnes.[2]

The site of Leipsydrium is tentatively located near modern Gaitana.[3][4]

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