A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
During the Trojan War, Nestor, king of Pylos, commanded the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from well-built Aipy and other cities on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
The geographer Strabo (first century BCE) made an interesting observation when he pointed out that the adjective αιπος means steep or height and that Aipy (Αιπυ) might be an adjective instead of a name. The Thebaid (first century CE) mentions "Aipy piled on its hilltop," implying that Aipy was in fact the name of the city and was probably derived from its physical location.
Latitude North, Longitude East
37.6320, 21.4760
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 592 Strabo, Geography book 8.3.24 Thebaid 4.8 |