In Greek mythology, Aspalis (Ancient Greek: Ἁσπαλίς) was a local heroine from Melite in Phthia whose story was apparently meant to provide an etiology for the local surname and cult of Artemis. As in certain Artemis mythology,[1] she hanged herself and her body disappeared.
- ^ Cf. Artemis Apanchomene "The Suffocated" in Caphyae, Arcadia: Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 23. 6 - 7