
Lepreon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Zaharo Municipality
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Location
- Lepreo
- Image
- Lepreo Demeter.png
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- Commons category
- Temple of Demeter in Lepreos
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2542
- culture
- Ancient Greece
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Mythology and Proto-History
- History
- Olympian raid
- Architectural style
- Founding myths
- See also
- References
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Lepreum or Lepreon (), alternately named Lepreus or Lepreos (Λέπρεος) was an Ancient Greek city-state in Triphylia, a district of Elis (now part of the Elis regional unit). It was located 40 stadia away from the sea at the west end of Mount Minthi and built around two citadels (one at Agios Dimitrios, one at Phyrcus). Surrounded by an abundance of natural resources, Lepreum became an important city in the Classical and Hellenistic ages where it became the capital of the Triphylia region. The city has also been identified by some scholars as the mythical city of Aepy, a city described by Homer in the Iliad but never discovered. The ruins of ancient Lepreum have been excavated near the present village Lepreo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepreon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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