Asphaltītes, a lake. See: [Mare Mortuum].
Aspis, a satrap of Chaonia, who revolted from Artaxerxes. He was reduced by Datames. Cornelius Nepos, Datames.——A city and mountain of Africa.——One of the Cyclades.——A city of Macedonia.
Asplēdon, a son of Neptune by the nymph Midea. He gave his name to a city of Bœotia, whose inhabitants went to the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bk. 2, li. 18.—Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 38.
Asporēnus, a mountain of Asia Minor near Pergamus, where the mother of the gods was worshipped, and called Asporena. Strabo, bk. 13.
Assa, a town near mount Athos.
Assabīnus, the Jupiter of the Arabians.
Assărăcus, a Trojan prince, son of Tros by Callirhoe. He was father to Capys, the father of Anchises. The Trojans were frequently called the descendants of Assaracus, Gens Assaraci. Homer, Iliad, bk. 20.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 1.——Two friends of Æneas in the Rutulian war. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 124.
Asserīni, a people of Sicily.
Assōrus, a town of Sicily, between Enna and Argyrium.
Assos, a town of Lycia on the sea coast.