Hypsus
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.555, 22.081
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient town of Arcadia, Greece
History
Hypsus or Hypsous, also known as Hypsuntus or Hypsountos (Ὑψοῦντος), was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district Cynuria, situated upon a mountain of the same name. According to Greek mythology, it was said to have been founded by Hypsus, a son of Lycaon.