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Hyle

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
38.459, 23.318
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Беотии

History

Hyle was a town in ancient Boeotia, situated upon Lake Hylica, which derived its name from this place. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships, and elsewhere, in the Iliad.

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