Cape St. George (), called Sepias in antiquity (; ), is a promontory of Magnesia. Sepias was also the name of a nearby town. It is celebrated in

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as the spot where

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laid in wait for

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, and from whence he carried off the goddess, and in history as the scene of the great shipwreck of the fleet of

Xerxes I Xerxes I ( – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a List of monarchs of Persia, Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was ...

just before the

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in 480 BCE; many ancient authors cite it. Some other ships of Xerxes' fleet crashed near

Meliboea In Greek mythology, Meliboea or Meliboia () was a name attributed to the following individuals: *Meliboea, daughter of the Titan Oceanus possibly by his sister-wife Tethys. She was the Oceanid who became the mother of King Lycaon of Arcadia ...

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Landforms of Magnesia (regional unit)

St George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the R ...

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