Hippana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 06, 2025 05:53 PM
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History
Ancient settlement in the western part of Sicily, probably founded in the seventh century B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462247
37.7018481, 13.4357804
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Monte dei Cavalli (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Hippana (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Ἱππάνα (Hippana: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Monte dei Cavalli (Italian, modern)
- Σιττάνα (Sittana: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 30 BC)
- Hippana connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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None
settlement, hill
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 47 C3 Hippana
- BTCGI X 324-28
- Diod., (Walton: Penelope) 23.9.5
- Hansen and Nielsen 2004 201
- Manni 1981 183-84
- PECS (Perseus) MONTE CAVALLI (“Hyppana”) Palermo, Sicily
- Polyb. (Büttner-Wobst: Perseus) 1.24
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) HÍPPANA
- ToposText Hippana (Sicily)
- Vassallo 2011, 55-77
- Wikipedia (Italian) Hippana
- Wikipedia (Italian) Teatro di Hippana
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 C3 Hippana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte dei Cavalli
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Hippana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462247> [accessed: 10 October 2025]
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