Epitalium

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Wikipedia EN

Epitalium or Epitalion (Ancient Greek: Ἐπιτάλιον) was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, near the coast and a little south of the river Alpheius. It was identified with the Homeric Thryon (Θρύον) or Thryoessa (Θρυόεσσα), a town listed in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as in the dominions of Nestor, which the poet describes as a place upon a lofty hill near the ford of the river Alpheius.

Epitalium was an important military post, because it commanded the ford of the Alpheius and the road leading along the coast. Xenophon relates that, like the other dependent townships of Triphylia, it revolted from Elis when Agis II, the Spartan king, invaded the country in 401 BCE; and when Agis returned home, after ravaging Elis, he left a garrison in Epitalium. It is also mentioned by Polybius; in the year 218 BCE, Philip V of Macedon took several cities of Elis among which was Epitalium.

The site of Epitalium is at the modern town of Epitalio, which was renamed to reflect the association with the ancient town.

Wikipedia EN

Epitalio (en griego, Ἐπιτάλιον) es el nombre de una antigua ciudad griega de Élide.

Es citada por Jenofonte en el marco de la guerra contra Élide de los espartanos y sus aliados dirigidos por Agis II hacia el año 399 a. C. Tras el fin de las hostilidades, Agis se retiró de Élide pero dejó una guarnición en Epitalio. Después, Élide se vio obligada a perder el dominio de varias ciudades, entre ellas Epitalio.​

Es mencionada también por Polibio: en el año 218 a. C., Filipo V de Macedonia tomó varias ciudades de Élide entre las que se encontraba Epitalio.​

Estrabón señala que el río Alfeo desembocaba en un lugar situado entre las ciudades de Fía y Epitalio y la identificaba con la homérica ciudad de Trío, pero tal identificación no es segura. Se localiza cerca de la desembocadura del Alfeo, en su ribera sur cerca de una población que ha recuperado el nombre de Epitalio, llamada antes Agoulinitsa.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ἐπιτάλιον: τό Эпиталий (город в Трифилии - южн. Элида Xen.; у Hom. - Θρυόεσσα).