Orobiae or Orobiai ( ) was a town on the western coast of ancient Euboea , between Aedepsus and Aegae , which possessed an oracle of Apollo Selinuntius . The town was partly destroyed by an earthquake and an inundation of the sea in the 426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami . This town seems to be the one mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium under the name of Orope ( Ὀρόπη ) , who describes it as " a city of Euboea , having a very renowned temple of Apollo . " Its site is located near the modern village of Rovies .
426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami
426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami
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