AEPY
AEPY (
Αἶπν: Eth.
Αἰπύτης), a town in Elis, so called from its lofty situation, is mentioned by Homer, and is probably the same as the Triphylian town Epeium (
Ἤπειον, Ἔπιον, Αἰπίον), which stood between Macistus and Heraea. Leake places it on the high peaked mountain which lies between the villages of
Vriná and
Smerna, about 6 miles in direct distance from Olympia. Boblaye supposes it to occupy the site of
Hellenista, the name of some ruins on a hill between Platiana and Barakou. (
Hom. Il. 2.592;
Xen. Hell. 3.2. 30; Pol. 4.77.9, 4.80.13; Strab. p. 349;
Steph. B. sub voce Stat.
Theb, 4.180; Leake,
Morea, vol. ii. p. 206; Boblaye,
Recherches, &c., p. 136.)
