Xypete ( Ancient Greek: Ξυπέτη or Ξυπετῆ), also Xypeteum or Xypeteon (Ξυπετεών), [1] was said to have been likewise called Troja (Τροία), because Teucrus led from hence an Attic colony into Phrygia, [2] [1] [3] was a deme of ancient Attica. It was apparently near Peiraeeus or Phalerum, since Xypete, Peiraeeus, Phalerum, and Thymoetadae formed the τετράκωμοι, [4] which had a temple of Heracles in common (τετράκωμον Ἡρακλεῖον). [5]
The site of Xypete is tentatively located northeast of Peiraieus. [6] [7]
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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