Sepias
Sēpĭăs, ădis, f., = Σηπιὰς ἄκρα,
- a promontory of Magnesia, Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32; Mel. 2, 3; Val. Fl. 2, 9.
Sepias — Sepias (Magnesia), Pleiades 541096
Sepias, ădis, f. , promontoire de Thessalie : Plin. 4, 32.
SEPIAS
SE´PIAS (Σηπιάς), a promontory of Magnesia, opposite the island of Sciathos, and forming the SE. extremity of Thessaly. It is now called C. St. George. It is celebrated in mythology as the spot where Peleus laid in wait for Thetis, and from whence he carried off the goddess (Eurip. Androm. 1266) and in history as the scene of the great shipwreck of the fleet of Xerxes. (Hdt. 7.113, 188: Strab. 9. p. 443; Apollon. 1.580; Ptol. 3.13.16; Plin. Nat. 4.9. s. 16; Mela, 2.3; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 4. p. 382.)
Sepias
(Σηπιάς). Now St. George. A promontory in the southeast of Thessaly, in the district Magnesia, on which a great part of the fleet of Xerxes was wrecked.