Caphyae
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.764, 22.258
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: It was protected against inundations from this lake by a mound or dyke, raised by the inhabitants of Caphyae.
History
Caphyae or Kaphyai was a city of ancient Arcadia situated in a small plain, northwest of the lake of Orchomenus. It was protected against inundations from this lake by a mound or dyke, raised by the inhabitants of Caphyae. The city is said to have been founded by King Cepheus of Tegea, the son of Aleus, and pretended to be of Athenian origin.