Cape St. George (Greek: Άκρα Αγίου Γεωργίου), anciently called Sepias (Ancient Greek: Σηπιάς; Latin: Sepias promontorium), is a promontory of Magnesia.
It is celebrated in Greek mythology as the spot where Peleus laid in wait for Thetis, and from whence he carried off the goddess,[1] and in history as the scene of the great shipwreck of the fleet of Xerxes I just before the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE; it is cited by many ancient authors.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] Some other ships of Xerxes' fleet crashed near Meliboea.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
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