Kekryphaleia
Kekryphaleia or Kekryphalia or Cecryphalia or Cecryphaleia (Ancient Greek: Κεκρυφάλεια) was a small island in the Saronic Gulf between Aegina and the coast of Epidaurus, known from ancient sources as the site of a naval engagement in the First Peloponnesian War.[1] Pliny the Elder calls it Cecryphalos and writes that it lay opposite Epidaurus, six miles distant from the mainland.[2] Its precise identification remains uncertain; however, it has been associated with the islets of Kyra and Spalathronisi, as well as with the island of Angistri,[3] although Pliny clearly distinguishes Pityonesos (Angistri) from Cecryphalos.[2] Stephanus of Byzantium is the only source to describe it as a promontory (of Aegina/Argolis).[4]
According to Thucydides, Diodorus Siculus and Aelius Aristides, after fighting at Halieis, the Athenians again defeated the Peloponnesians near Kekryphaleia. This was followed by further Athenian successes, including a naval victory over Aegina.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Crane, Gregory R. (ed.). "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CA´BALEIS, CAUCI, CECRYPHALEIA". Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 "LacusCurtius • Pliny the Elder's Natural History — Book 4". penelope.uchicago.edu (in Latin). University of Chicago. 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ "Kekryphaleia (Attica) 7 Kyra - Κεκρυφάλεια". ToposText. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ STEPHANUS BYZANTIUS Margarethe Billerbeck] Stephani Byzantii Ethnica, K O. BY MARGARETHE BILLERBECK. 2014. pp. 77, 151.
- ↑ "Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 1, chapter 105". Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ "Diodorus Siculus, Library, Book XI, Chapter 78". Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- ↑ "Aelius Aristides 13, Panathenaicus (Aristid.+Or.+13)". ToposText. Retrieved 2026-03-22.