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Hypaepa (τὰ Ὕπαιπα) was a city in ancient Lydia, near the north bank of the Cayster River, and 42 miles from Ephesus.〔(William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854) )〕〔(Harry Thurston Peck, ''Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' (1898) )〕 Its name was derived from its situation at the foot of Mount Aipos, itself a foothill of Mount Tmolus, 〔 Its location was identified by the Frenchmen Cousinéry and Texier and confirmed by the excavations carried out by Demostene Baltazzi on behalf of the Ottoman government in 1892. The ruins are close to the present-day village of Günlüce (earlier known as Datbey or Tapaı), 4 kilometres northwest of the town of Ödemış.〔(Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, "Ύπαιπα (Αρχαιότητα) )〕 Its position was a strategic one on the route between Sardis and Ephesus.〔 == Mythology and religion == The women of Hypaepa were reputed to have received from the mythological Aphrodite the gift of beauty of form and dancing〔(Sophrone Pétridès, "Hypaepa" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1910) )〕 Ovid placed at Hypaepa the home of Arachne before she was turned into a spider.〔(Ovid, Metamorphoses, VI )〕 The Persian goddess Anahita, identified with Artemis and therefore called Artemis Anaitis or Persian Artemis, was worshipped at Hypaepa, which had been part of the Achaemenid Empire. However, under the Roman Empire the priests of the temple bore Greek names not Persian.〔〔 Pausanias mentions a rite performed in Hypaepa, in which wood was set alight apparently by magic.〔Pausanias V 27:5-6 (text at Perseus )〕 An inscription from the synagogue of Sardis, mentions a benefactor who was a member of the council of Hypaepa, indicating the presence there of a Jewish community.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hypaepa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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