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HYETTUS

HYETTUS (Ὑηττός: Eth. Ὑήττιος), a village of Boeotia, said to have been founded by the Argive Hyettus, contained in the time of Pausanias a temple of Asclepius, frequented by the sick for the cure of their diseases, where the deity continued to be worshipped in the form of a rude stone. Pausanias says that Olmones was situated 12 stadia to the left of Copae, and Hyettus 7 stadia from Olmones. Forchhammer places Olmones on the small island of Trelo-Yani in the lake Copais, and Hyettus at Struviki to the west of this island, where some ancient ruins are found on a small hill jutting out into the lake. (Paus. 9.24.3, 9.36.6; Steph. B. sub voce Forchhammer, Hellenika, p. 178.)

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    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.24.3
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.36.6
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