Hypaipa
Ancient siteÖdemiş, İzmir
38.2761°N · 27.9542°E
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Hypaipa is a ancient site in Ödemiş, İzmir; Hypaepa was an ancient city and (arch)bishopric in ancient Lydia, near the north bank of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) River, about 67 km from Ephesus.
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- 38.2761°N · 27.9542°E
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Hypaepa was an ancient city and (arch)bishopric in ancient Lydia, near the north bank of the Cayster (Küçük Menderes) River, about 67 km from Ephesus. It survives today as a Latin Catholic titular see.
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- The site was confirmed by excavations carried out in 1892 by Demostene Baltazzi on behalf of the Ottoman government.
- Judging by the number of Byzantine churches it contained, the city grew prosperous in the Byzantine period.
- Ovid names Hypaipa as the place where Arachne lived before she was turned into a spider.
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