38°45′10″N 22°36′56″E / 38.7529°N 22.6155°E / 38.7529; 22.6155 Tarphe (Ancient Greek: Τάρφη) was a town of the Epicnemidian Locrians on the Boagrius River. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[1] Strabo writes that it was situated upon a height in a fertile and woody country, and was said to have derived its name from the thickets in which it stood. In the time of Strabo it had changed its name into that of Pharygae (Φαρύγαι), and was said to have received a colony from Argos. It contained a temple of Hera Pharygaea.[2][3]
The temple was described:
Its site has been tentatively located near modern Mendenitsa.[5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Tarphe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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