Aspledon

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Aspledon (Ancient Greek: Ἀσπληδών), also called Spledon (Σπληδών), was a city of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad,[1] distant 20 stadia from Orchomenus. The river flowed between the two cities.[2][3][4][5] Strabo says that it was subsequently called Eudeielus or Eudeielos (Εὐδείελος), from its sunny situation;[2] but Pausanias relates that it was abandoned in his time from a want of water.[6] The town is said to have derived its name from Aspledon, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Mideia.[7]

Its site is near modern Pirgos.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. 2.510.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.416. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.12.
  4. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  5. ^ Etym. M. s.v.
  6. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 9.38.9.
  7. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Aspledon
  8. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aspledon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Coordinates: 38°30′46″N 23°02′04″E / 38.512851°N 23.034484°E / 38.512851; 23.034484


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