Πληροφορίες τοπωνυμίου

Aspledon

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Aspledon

  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

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
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