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Hypsi

Hypsi or Hypsoi was a settlement in ancient Laconia, containing temples of Asclepius and Artemis Daphnaea, situated 30 stadia from the Carneium on Mount Cnacadium.

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Hypsi or Hypsoi (Ancient Greek: Ὕψοι) was a settlement in ancient Laconia, containing temples of Asclepius and Artemis Daphnaea, situated 30 stadia from the Carneium on Mount Cnacadium.1

Its site is unlocated, but was near Las.2

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  1. Pausanias (1918). "24.8". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hypsi". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.