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Spercheios
The
Spercheios
(,
Sperkheiós
), also known as the
Spercheus
from its
Latin
name, is a river in
Phthiotis
in
central
Greece
. It was worshipped as a
god
in the
ancient Greek religion
and appears in some collections of
Greek mythology
. In
antiquity
, its upper valley was known as
Ainis
. In 997, its valley was the site of the
Battle of Spercheios
, which ended
Bulgarian
incursions into the
Byzantine Empire
.
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