A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula near the Alpheios (Alpheus) River.
According to the Iliad, the hill city of Thryoessa was perched above the Alpheios River on the western Peloponnesian Peninsula. Recalling an incident from his youth, the Achaian commander Nestor mentioned Thryoessa as a pivotal site in a war between Pylos and Elis.
The geographer Strabo (first century BCE) concluded that Thryoessa and Thryon were in fact the same city. The name was changed to Epitalium in Strabo's time and the city is now known as Epitalio.
Latitude North, Longitude East
37.6302, 21.4924
| References: Homer, Iliad book 11, line 711 Strabo, Geography book 8.3.24 |