ASSE´SUS
ASSE´SUS (
Ἀσσησός: Eth.
Ἀσσήσιος), a town in the territory of Miletus (
Hdt. 1.19,
22;
Steph. B. sub voce Ἀσσησός), with a temple of Athena, which was destroyed by fire in a war between the Milesians and Alyattes, king of Lydia.
The king, following the advice of the Pythia, built two temples at Assesus, in place of that which was destroyed.
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