HEPHAE´STION
HEPHAE´STION (
Ἠφαίστιον), a district near Phaselis, in the south of Lycia; it derived its name from the fact that fire constantly was issuing from the loose soil. (Ctesias, ap. Phot. Cod. 73, p. 146; Senec.
Ep. 79.)
According to Pliny (
2.110) these fires appear to have arisen from springs of burning naptha. (Comp.
Plin. Nat. 5.28;
Solin. 39.)
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