Sepias

For the cape, see Sepias promontorium.

39°28′30″N 23°05′07″E / 39.475095°N 23.085265°E / 39.475095; 23.085265 Sepias (Ancient Greek: Σηπιάς) was a town of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly, near the cape of the same name. Strabo relates that Sepias was one of the towns, along with Nelia, Pagasae, Ormenium, Rhizus, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus that were reduced to mere villages when being depopulated by Demetrius Poliorcetes to populate Demetrias.[1] At the cape, the fleet of Xerxes I suffered heavily during a storm shortly before the Battle of Thermopylae.[2]

The town (or fort) of Sepias is located at the modern site of Pouri.[3][4]

  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.15. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.188.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.