Η Ασπληδών πήρε μέρος στον Τρωικό πόλεμο και περιλαμβάνεται στον Ομηρικό Κατάλογο των Νεών (Ιλ. Β 511).
Aspledon, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Mideia (Chersias, ap. Paus. ix. 38.6); according to others, he was a son of Orchomenus and brother of Clymenus and Amphidicus (Steph. Byz. s. v. (Aspledon), or a son of Presbon and Sterope (Eustath. ad Hom.). He was regarded as the founder of Aspledon, an ancient town of the Minyans in Boeotia.
Αναφέρει ότι μετέπειτα την λέγανε Ευδείελο, σε απόσταση 20 στάδια από τον Ορχομενό και ανάμεσά τους ήταν ο Μέλας ποταμός (Μαυροπόταμος) (9.2.41).
This extract is from: The Geography of Strabo (ed. H. L. Jones, 1924), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited Jan 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
Παραδίδει ότι εγκαταλείφθηκε λόγω ανυδρίας (Παυσ. 9,38,9).
Μερικοί την τοποθετούν στη θέση Πολύγυρα ΒΑ του χωριού Διόνυσος, όπου ομως άλλοι αναγνωρίζουν την αρχαία Τεγύρα και τοποθετούν την Ασπληδόνα κοντά στο χωριό Πύργος (Εγκυκλ. Πάπυρος-Λαρούς-Μπριτάννικα)
Eth. Aspledonios. Also called Spledon, an ancient city of Boeotia, mentioned by Homer (Il. ii. 510), distant 20 stadia from Orchomenus. The river Melas flowed between the two cities. (Strab. ix. p. 416; Plin. iv. 7. s. 12; Steph. B. s. v.; Etym. M. s. v.) Strabo says (l. c.) that it was subsequently called Eudeilus (Eudeielos), from its sunny situation; but Pausanias (ix. 38. § 9) relates that it was abandoned in his time from a want of water. The town is said to have derived its name from Aspledon, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Mideia. The site of Aspledon is uncertain. Leake places it at Tzamali (Northern Greece, vol. ii.), but Forchhammer (Hellenica), with more probability, at Avro-Kastro.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
βλ. Ορχομενός
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