name existed in Egypt: (A) the “Lesser” (Tell Ayid, 31 ̊ 02 ’ N, 32 ̊ 12 ’ E), in the Delta west
and upstream of Pe ̄lousion (BAGRW 74-G2); and (B) at the Kanopic mouth of the Nile,
i.e., near Alexandria. S B, s.v. (listing the “Greater” as The-
ophane ̄s’ home); RE 8.1 (1912) 515, H. Grapow; EAAE 368 – 370, F. Gomaà; BAGRW
75-D2; BNP 6 (2005) 156, S.J. Seidlmayer.
T.
% Hierapolis: any of several homonymous sites could be Aigeias’ home, cf. S
B, s.v.: (A) Phrugian Hierapolis, destroyed mid-5th c. and not rebuilt (mod.
Koçhisar; ODB 928, C.F.W. Foss; BAGRW 62-D5); (B) Hierapolis Comana (mod. S ̧ar;
BAGRW 64-C4); (C) Lukian Hierapolis in the Lukos valley, near Laodikeia ad Lycum,
with an oracle of Apollo (mod. Pamukkale; BAGRW 65-B2; BNP 6 [2005] 302, Th. Drew-
Bear); (D) the Hierapolis later known as Kastabala; or (E) Syrian Hierapolis, “Bambuke ̄,”
located on the Euphrate ̄s and dependent upon Antioch on the Orontes; a military center
in Byzantine times (mod. Membidj; ODB 928 – 929, M.M. Mango; BAGRW 67-F3; BNP 6
[2005] 482–483, T. Leisten).
A.
Himera (mod. Himera; 37 ̊ 58 ’ N, 13 ̊ 49 ’ E): founded by Zankle ̄ (see Messe ̄ne ̄) 649 BCE
on the north coast of Sicily, prosperous; allied with Surakousai against Athens; attacked
by Carthage 480 BCE, then destroyed by Carthage 409 BCE, and never rebuilt. PECS
393, N. Bonacasa; OCD3 707, A.G. Woodman and R.J.A. Wilson; BAGRW 47-D3; BNP 6
(2005) 327–328, G. Falco.
P, P (?).
Hippo Regius (south of mod. Annaba; 36 ̊ 54 ’ N, 07 ̊ 46 ’ E): north African seaport on a
deep bay, between Caesarea and Utica, used by Carthaginians from 5th c. BCE, where
Scipio Africanus’ deputy C. Laelius landed in 205 BCE, and the Pompeian fleet was cap-
tured in 46 BCE. By the 2nd c. CE, a colonia serving as base for one of the three legati of the
proconsul of Africa. A died during the Vandal siege. PECS 394 – 396, J. Lassus;
OCD3 709 – 710, B.H. Warmington and R.J.A. Wilson; BAGRW 31-H3; BNP 6 (2005) 347,
W. Huß. (Contrast the Hippo north-west of Utica, at mod. Bizerte.)
A A.
Hispalis (mod. Sevilla; 37 ̊ 23 ’ N, 05 ̊ 59 ’ W): founded in the 8th c. BCE, at the head of the
estuary of the Guadalquivir river (downstream from Corduba, and north of Gade ̄s), an
ancient shipyard and commercial center (oil and metals) mentioned by C, who estab-
lished there a modest veteran colony, reinforced under Otho. A Christian bishopric from
4th c. CE, later metropolitan; taken by the Vandals 428 CE; changed hands repeatedly;
taken by the Visigoths 567 CE. OCD3 712, S.J. Keay; BAGRW 26-E4; BNP 6 (2005) 384,
P. Barceló; EJ2 18.325–326, H. Beinart and Y.T. Assis.
I.
Hispania ⇒ Spain
Huampolis (mod. Exarkhos; 38 ̊ 35 ’ N, 22 ̊ 57 ’ E): city of eastern Phokis, north of Lake
Kopais, south-west of Opous, and north-east of Khairo ̄neia. BAGRW 55-D3; BNP 6
(2005) 592–593, G. Daverio Rocchi.
P.
Iasos (mod. Asınkalesi; 37 ̊ 17 ’ N, 27 ̊ 36 ’ E): on a small peninsula of Karia, south of Ephesos,
traditionally thought a colony of Argos and allied with Bargulia in the 3rd c. BCE (P
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