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thumb|upright=1.1|Head of statue of Artemis Aspalis from the sanctuary of Artemis Melitaea, Archaeological Museum of Lamia, [[Greece.]]

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thumb|upright=1.1|Head of statue of Artemis Aspalis from the sanctuary of Artemis Melitaea, Archaeological Museum of Lamia, [[Greece.]]

In Greek mythology, Aspalis () 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, she hanged herself and her body disappeared.

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