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🌍 River Nile (Egypt)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 River Melas (alt. Nile) β€‚πŸŒ River Aigyptos (alt. Nile) β€‚πŸŒ River Aetos (alt. Nile)
    Information
    river in Egypt
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727172
    Identified with
    🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) river encircling the world
    Said to flow from or into
    🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) river in Mesopotamia🌍 River Inopos (Delos)🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with AthenaπŸ›οΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus) unlocatable spring that might explain a reference in Euripides' Bacchae
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Daidalos Athenian inventor & architect, builder of the Labyrinth
    Place of birth of
    πŸ‘€ Epaphos (s. of Io) son of Zeus and Io
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversπŸ‘€ Neilos character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes) Panoptes ('the all-seeing'), guards Io
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Isis Egyptian goddessπŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian god
    Personification
    πŸ‘€ Nile (river god)
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ Neilos character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversπŸ‘€ Neileus (Egyptian) king of Egypt, eponym of the river
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)
    Encompasses
    🌍 Philai (Egypt) β€‚πŸŒ Abatos (Egypt) β€‚πŸŒ River Canopos (Egypt) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Channel of the Nile (Ethiopia) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Daidalos (Egypt) β€‚πŸŒ Heracleia (Egypt) β€‚πŸŒ Heracleopolites Nome (Egypt)
    Related Entities
    πŸ‘€ Epaphos (s. of Io) son of Zeus and IoπŸ‘€ Io transformed into a cowπŸ‘₯ the Couretes (guardians) guard the infant ZeusπŸ‘€ Hera Olympian goddess🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena🌍 River Inopos (Delos)🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) river in Mesopotamia🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant🌍 Thesprotia region in northern GreeceπŸ‘€ Son of Castor (Odyssean persona) fictional persona created by Odysseus🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable) unlocatable mountain associated with Dionysos🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov🌍 Cisthene (unlocatable) home of the Gorgons and the GraiaiπŸ‘₯ the Griffons creatures with the body of a lion, head and wings of an eagleπŸ‘₯ the Arimaspians race of one-eyed horsemen, encountered by Io🌍 River Plouton (unlocatable) associated with Griffons and Arimaspians, either to the North or the EastπŸ‘₯ the Danaids daughters of Danaos🌍 Argos (city) city in the PeloponneseπŸ‘€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversπŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworldπŸ‘€ Neilos character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversπŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek heroπŸ‘€ Prometheus (fire-stealer) son of Iapetos, steals fireπŸ‘€ the Caucasian Eagle eats Prometheus' liverπŸ‘€ Neileus (Egyptian) king of Egypt, eponym of the riverπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 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 ThessalyπŸ‘€ 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 LaconiaπŸ›οΈ Spring Peirene (Corinth) at Corinth🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) waterway in the Argolid🌍 River Orontes (Syria) river in Syria🌍 River Erymanthos (Arcadia) river in Arcadia on the border with Elis🌍 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)πŸ‘₯ 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 EuropeπŸ‘€ Helen Helen of TroyπŸ‘€ Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia🌍 Croton (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Iapygia (Italy) in southeast Italy🌍 Siris (S. Italy) city in south-east ItalyπŸ›οΈ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with ArabiaπŸ›οΈ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios) landmark on Mt Casios, said to be a woman petrified by AphroditeπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia) unlocated sanctuary, perhaps located at Castrum Minervae near Hydruntum🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily) city in western Sicily, modern Trapani🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia established by the Argonauts🌍 Concheia (Sicily) unlocatable place in Sicily🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily) unlocatable lake in SicilyπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian godπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes) Panoptes ('the all-seeing'), guards IoπŸ‘€ Isis Egyptian goddess🌍 Pharos (Egypt) city in Egypt, once an island in the mouth of the Nile🌍 Paraitonion (Egypt) town in Egypt🌍 Lake Mareotis (Egypt) lake in Lower EgyptπŸ‘€ Nileus adversary of Perseus🌍 River Aigyptos (alt. Nile) alternative name for River NileπŸ‘€ Danaos father of the DanaidsπŸ‘€ Memphis (Egyptian) daughter of NileπŸ‘€ Nile (river god) river god🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) river encircling the world🌍 the Land of the Pygmies unlocatable region, usually imagined as being in equatorial AfricaπŸ›οΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus) unlocatable spring that might explain a reference in Euripides' BacchaeπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)πŸ‘€ Osiris Egyptian god🌍 Philai (Egypt) island in the Nile🌍 Delphi (Phocis) city and sanctuary in Phocis; for prophecies see "the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)"πŸ‘€ Heracles (Egyptian) Egyptian, visited DelphiπŸ‘€ Canopos helmsman of MenelaosπŸ‘€ Daidalos Athenian inventor & architect, builder of the Labyrinth
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 1 to DionysosAeschylus, Prometheus Bound DanaisBacchylides, DithyrambsCallimachus, Hymn to DelosCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisPs-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadOvid, MetamorphosesStraboPliny, Natural HistoryEuripides, BacchaeEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyOvid, Heroides
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