Typaneae
Town of Triphylia in ancient Elis
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37°30′32″N 21°48′22″E Typaneae or Typaniai (Ancient Greek: Τυπανέαι,[1][2] Τυμπανέαι,[3] or Τυμπάνεια[4]), also Latinized as Tympaneae, was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, a possible successor settlement to Homeric Aepy.[5][6] It is mentioned by Strabo along with Hypana near the rivers Dalion and Acheron, tributaries of Alpheus.[3] It was taken by Philip V of Macedon in the Social War.[1] It was situated in the mountains in the interior of the country.
Its site has been located near modern Vresto,[7][8] though other writers disagree and propose other locations.[9]
