Aspledon Explained

Aspledon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀσπληδών), also called Spledon (Σπληδών), was a city of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad, distant 20 stadia from Orchomenus. The river Melas flowed between the two cities.[1] Strabo says that it was subsequently called Eudeielus or Eudeielos (Εὐδείελος), from its sunny situation; but Pausanias relates that it was abandoned in his time from a want of water.[2] The town took its name from Aspledon, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Mideia.[3]

Its site is near modern Pirgos.

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38.5129°N 23.0345°W

Notes and References

  1. Etym. M. s.v.
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  3. [Stephanus of Byzantium]