Hypsi or Hypsoi (Ancient Greek: Ὕψοι) was a settlement in ancient Laconia, containing temples of Asclepius and Artemis Daphnaea, situated 30 stadia from the Carneium on Mount Cnacadium.[1]

Its site is unlocated, but was near Las.[2]

References

  1. Pausanias (1918). "24.8". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hypsi". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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