Aedepsus or Aidepsos ( grc, Αἴδηψος) was a town upon the northwestern coast of
ancient Euboea, 160
stadia from
Cynus on the opposite coast of the
Opuntian Locris. It contained warm baths sacred to
Heracles, which were used by the
Roman dictator Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.
Sulla had ...
. These warm baths are still found about a mile (1.5 km) above the modern town of
Aidipsos.
Its site is located near the modern village of
Loutra Aidipsou.
References
Populated places in ancient Euboea
Former populated places in Greece
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