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 Melas 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 took its name from Aspledon, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Mideia. [7]
Its site is near modern Pirgos. [8]
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.
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