Hyampeia is a mountain peak above the Castalian Spring in Delphi, Greece. Its modern name is Flemboukos.Pericles Collas (n.d.). A Concise Guide of Delphi, pp8. Athens. Cacoulides. It is the eastern peak of the Phaedriades, the western peak was known as Nauplia. According to Herodotus, there was a sacred precinct at the foot of Hyampeia dedicated to the Delphic hero Autonous at the time of the Persian Wars. A battle between the Delphians and the Persians took place here during that war in which the Delphians won and prevented the Persians from looting Delphi.
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