Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Aspalis (Ἁσπαλίς) was a local heroine from Melite in Phthia whose story was apparently meant to provide an etiology for the local surname and cult of Artemis. As in certain Artemis mythology she hanged herself and her body disappeared.The exact story of Aspalis known from Antoninus Liberalis is as follows. Melite was once ruled by a tyrant so cruel that the citizens dared not pronounce his real name dubbing him Tartarus.