Spercheios
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The Spercheios (, Sperkheiós), also known as the Spercheus from its Latin name, is a river in Phthiotis in central Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . It was worshipped as a god in the ancient Greek religion and appears in some collections of Greek mythology. In antiquity, its upper valley was known as Ainis. In AD 997, its valley was the site of the Battle of Spercheios, which ended Bulgarian incursions into the Byzantine Empire.
Key facts
- River.name
- Spercheios
- River.image
- River Spercheios.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The river Spercheios at Vitoli, Makrakomi
- River.source1_location
- Tymfristos
- River.mouth_location
- Malian Gulf, Aegean Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Greece
- River.length_km
- 80
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1830
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- River Spercheios.jpg
- Length
- 82
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- native label
- Σπερχειός
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- Spercheios
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The Spercheios (, Sperkheiós), also known as the Spercheus from its Latin name, is a river in Phthiotis in central Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . It was worshipped as a god in the ancient Greek religion and appears in some collections of Greek mythology. In antiquity, its upper valley was known as Ainis. In AD 997, its valley was the site of the Battle of Spercheios, which ended Bulgarian incursions into the Byzantine Empire.
It is referenced in a surviving fragment of Aeschylus' play Philoctetes, quoted in The Frogs, as a place for cattle.
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