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SPERCHIOS (River) FTHIOTIDA
Spercheius (Spercheios: Elladha), a river in the S. of Thessaly, rising
in Mount Tymphrestus (Strab. ix. p. 433), and flowing into the Maliac gulf. The
Dryopes and Aenianes dwelt in the upper part of its course till it entered the
plain of Malis, through which it flowed to the sea. In ancient times it joined
the sea at Anticyra; and the rivers Dyras, Melas, and Asopus fell separately into
the sea to the S. of the Spercheius. (Herod. vii. 198.) But the Spercheius has
changed its course, and now falls into the sea much further south, about a mile
from Thermopylae. The Dyras and Melas now unite their streams, and fall into the
Spercheius, as does also the Asopus. Spercheius is celebrated in mythology as
a river-god, and is mentioned in connection with Achilles. (Hom. Il. xvii. 142.)
Its name also frequently occurs in the other poets. (Aesch. Pers. 486; Sophocl.
Phil. 722; Virg. Georg. ii. 485; Lucan vi.366.) (Leake, Northern Greece, vol.
ii. pp. 8, 11, 15.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Spercheios). Now Elladha; a river in the south of Thessaly, which rises in Mount Tymphrestus, runs in an easterly direction through the territory of the Aenianes and through the district Malis, and falls into the innermost corner of the Sinus Maliacus. As a river-god, Spercheus is a son of Oceanus and Gaea, and the father of Menesthius by Polydora, the daughter of Peleus.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Total results on 25/4/2001: 13 for Spercheus, 44 for Spercheius, 42 for Spercheios, 9 for Sperchius, 2 for Sperchios.
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