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Hyettus or Hyettos ( grc, Ὕηττος) was a village in
ancient Boeotia
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,
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. According to
Pausanias, who visited the site in the 2nd century CE, it was located near
Lake Copais, at 7
stadia
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* One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums"
* The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes'').
* Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
* Stadi ...
from
Olmones Olmones ( grc, Ὄλμῶνες) was a village in ancient Boeotia, situated 12 stadia to the left of Copae, and 7 stadia from Hyettus
In Greek mythology, Hyettus ( grc, Ὕηττος - ''Hyettos'') was a native of Ancient Argos, Argos thought to ha ...
and 20 stades from
Cyrtones
Cyrtones or Kyrtones ( grc, Κύρτωνες), anciently called Cyrtone or Kyrtone (Κυρτώνη), was a city of Boeotia, east of the Lake Copais, and 20 stadia from Hyettus, situated upon a lofty mountain, after crossing which the traveller arr ...
. There was a temple of
Heracles
Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...
in the village, frequented by the sick for the cure of their diseases, with the deity worshiped in the form of a rude stone. An inscription built into the chapel of Agios Nikolaos south of the
acropolis
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attests to a cult of
Savior Asklepios in the 2nd century CE.
The village was founded by and named after the mythological figure
Hyettus
In Greek mythology, Hyettus ( grc, Ὕηττος - ''Hyettos'') was a native of Ancient Argos, Argos thought to have been the first man ever to have exacted vengeance over adultery: he reputedly killed Molurus, whom he had caught with his wife, and ...
from
Argos
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* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
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, who fled to this area after he killed his adulterous wife.
Its acropolis is located on a low hill, crowned by a chapel of Agios Athanasios, in a locality called
Dendri, approximately three km NNE of the village of Pavlos, Viotias.
On the west side of the acropolis, a stretch of polygonal fortification wall preserves a number of inscriptions of the 4th or 3rd century BCE listing young men serving in the local self-defense force. Also on the W slope are stalactite caves.
References
Populated places in ancient Boeotia
Former populated places in Greece
Locations in Greek mythology
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