Transcript Thermopyles - Waterholic

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The thermal springs of Thermopyles are
situated near Lamia and within a distance of
15 klms. Thermopyles is a well-known place
from ancient times because there was a
narrow passage about 12m wide between the
sea and mountain Knimis leading from north
to south Greece.
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The legendary battle of Thermopyles was
fought there between Leonidas and his
soldiers and the Persians in 480 B.C.
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According to the ancient Greek mythology,
Goddess
Athena
asked
from
God
Hephaestus to create these thermal springs
in order Hercules to have a bath, rest and
restore his strength after his labors.
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The myth refers that Deianeira, Hercules’
wife, found out that Hercules returning home
after one of his labor, brought with him Iole
with whom he had fallen in love and she was
jealous. So she used the love potion given
to her by Centaur Nessos to gain Hercules’
love again. She decided to send him a cloak
soaked into the potion with his friend Lichas.
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But the cloak was poisonous. Centaur
Nessos, who wanted to revenge Hercules,
had put it into Learnean Hydra’s poison and
had given it to Deianeira without her
knowledge. When Hercules put on the cloak
it stuck into his body and started burning his
flesh suffering from terrible pain. So
Hercules dived into the spring to relieve his
pain and burning flesh.
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Since then the spring
gives off
unpleasant odour that comes from
poison. In fact it is the smell of sulphur
other substances that are included in
spring water.
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The temperature of the water is 400 C. It is
good for rheumatism, gynaecological,
neurological and skin diseases.