http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/the-thespians/

Pausanias and Strabo say that Thespiae got their name from the river god Thespios. Other legends claim that the city was founded by Thespia, daughter of the river god Asopos, or a descendant of Erechtheus named Thespios. The city was center to the cult of Aphrodite and Heros who was ( Read more... )