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Acraephiae or
Akraiphiai (Ἀκραιφίαι),
Acraephium or
Akraiphion (Ἀκραίφιον),
Acraephnium or
Akraiphnion (Ἀκραίφνιον), was a town of
ancient Boeotia on the slope...
- whom the
foundation of the town of
Acraephnium, a
Boeotian town on the lake Copais, was ascribed. In
Acraephnium,
Apollo was
attached with the epithet...
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Chaironeia belonged to one of the 11
Boeotian districts along with
Acraephnium and Copia. Chaeronea's
importance lay in its
strategic position near...
- following: Ptous,
eponym of
Mount Ptous in
Boeotia on
which the town
Acraephnium was situated. He was
believed to have been a son of
either Athamas and...
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Euxippe (Ancient Gr****: Εὐξίππη) was the wife of Acraepheus,
founder of
Acraephnium, and
became the
mother of Ptous,
eponym of Mt.
Ptous in Boeotia. Otherwise...
- also said to have
established laws for the
newly formed people. Saon of
Acraephnium, of whom the
following story is
related by Pausanias. When
Boeotia was...
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after the
ancient city
Acraephia (Ancient Gr****: Ἀκραιφία).
Acraephia or
Acraephnium (Ἀκραίφνιον) was an
ancient Gr**** city (polis) on the
eastern s**** of...
