place
Caphereus
also: Capherean rocks
A treacherous headland of southern Euboea where Nauplius lit false beacons to wreck the homeward Greek fleet, avenging his son Palamedes.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §14.452 Caphereus
The cape of Euboea where Nauplius lit false beacons to wreck the homeward Greek fleet in revenge for his son Palamedes.
- The Cure for Love §22 Caphereus
A headland of Euboea where Nauplius wrecked the homeward Greek fleet with false beacon-fires.
- Sorrows §1.1 Caphereus
The deadly cape of Euboea where Nauplius wrecked the returning Greek fleet with false beacons; a byword for the place that once destroyed you and is shunned ever after.