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🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 River Medos (alt. Euphrates)
    Information
    river in Mesopotamia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912849
    Serves as entrance to
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Said to flow from or into
    🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt
    Place of death of
    👤 Medos (s. of Artaxerxes) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Euphrates character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Personification
    👤 Euphrates
    Eponym
    👤 Euphrates character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Bridge of Dionysos (Euphrates) 🏛️ the Bridge over the Euphrates (Babylon)
    Related Entities
    🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 the Plain of Zeugma region near the Euphrates River👤 Medos (s. of Artaxerxes) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Cordyes character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Euphrates character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia) river in Aitolia🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) river in western Peloponnese🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) river south of the Black Sea🌍 River Strymon (Thrace) river in Thrace🌍 River Phasis (Colchis) river in Colchis🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece) river in central Greece🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) river at Thebes🌍 River Maiandros (Caria) river in Caria🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia) river in Lycia, not in the Troad🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) river in Thessaly👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) son of Helios🌍 River Ganges (India) river in India🌍 River Istros (Europe) river in Europe🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) river in Lydia🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia) river in Laconia🏛️ Spring Peirene (Corinth) at Corinth🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) waterway in the Argolid🌍 River Orontes (Syria) river in Syria🌍 River Erymanthos (Elis/Arcadia) river in Elis/Arcadia🌍 River Caystros (Asia Minor)🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece) river in Northern Greece🌍 River Melas (Arcadia) unlocatable river in Arcadia🌍 River Tanais (Scythia) modern River Don🌍 River Tiber (Italy)🌍 River Po (Italy)👥 the Horses of Helios pull chariot of Helios🌍 River Tagus (Iberia) river on the Iberian Peninsula🌍 River Rhine river in northern Europe🌍 River Rhone river in central Europe🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto🏛️ the Walls of Babylon🏛️ the Palaces of Semiramis (Babylon) two complexes on either side of the Euphrates
    Mentioned in Text
    PausaniasPs-Plutarch, On RiversOvid, MetamorphosesLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades
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