// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Tilphosaeum say? "Til" next time.
Tilphossaeum or Tilphossaion (Ancient Greek: Τιλφώσσαιον), also Tilphosaeum or Tilphosaion (Τιλφώσαιον or ΤιλΦωσαΐον), or Tilphusium or Tilphousion (Τιλφούσιον),[1] was a fortress in ancient Boeotia that commanded the narrow pass between Mount Tilphossium and Lake Copais, which pass was one of great importance in antiquity, as the high road from northern Greece to Thebes passed through it.[2]
Its site is tentatively located near modern Palaiothiva.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pausanias (1918). "33.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ↑ Dem. de Fals. Leg. pp. 385, 387; Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 4.67, 19.53.
- ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Boeotia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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