Tymphaia

Tymphaia

Tymphaia or Tymphaea or Stymphaea was a region of Epirus incorporated in Macedon(ca. 350 BC)as part of Upper Macedonia. Most famous native of Tymphaia was Polyperchon regent of Macedon.

ee also

*Tymphe Pindus mountain
*Tymphrestus Pindus mountain

References

*Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings 77-101 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos ISBN:9607094905
*Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0362.html Tymphaea]


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