- Information
- river in Egypt
- Alternative name
- π River Melas (alt. Nile) βπ River Aigyptos (alt. Nile) βπ River Aetos (alt. Nile)
- Identified with
π Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena
Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronGreekEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)π River Oceanos (unlocatable) river encircling the world
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Said to flow from or into
π River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) river in Mesopotamia
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π River Inopos (Delos)Callimachus, Hymn to ArtemisCallimachusGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)CallimachusPliny, Natural HistoryGeographyPlinyLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)PausaniasPausaniasCallimachus, Hymn to DelosStraboStraboπ Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena
Pliny, Natural HistoryGeographyPlinyLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)ποΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus) unlocatable spring that might explain a reference in Euripides' Bacchae
Euripides, BacchaeTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides
- Cult site of
- π€ Daidalos
- Place of birth of
- π€ Epaphos (s. of Io)
- Place of death of
- π€ Argos (Panoptes) βπ€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) βπ€ Neilos
- Place of burial of
- π€ Isis βπ€ Osiris
- Personification
- π€ Nile (river god)
- Eponym
π€ Neilos character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
Ps-Plutarch, On RiversMythography & HistoriographyGeographyPs-PlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π€ Neileus (Egyptian) king of Egypt, eponym of the river
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Relics preserved on site
- ποΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)
- Encompases
- π Philai (Egypt) βπ Abatos (Egypt) βπ River Canopos (Egypt) βποΈ the Channel of the Nile (Ethiopia) βποΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)βποΈ the Temple of Daidalos (Egypt) βπ Heracleia (Egypt) βπ Heracleopolites Nome (Egypt)
- Related Entities
- π€ Aigyptos (eponym) βπ€ Cerberos (dog) βπ₯ the Couretes (guardians) βπ€ Daidalos βπ€ Epaphos (s. of Io) βπ€ Hera βπ€ Zeus (Olympian) βπ€ Heracles βπ€ Hermes βπ€ Isis βπ Athens (Attica) βπ Crete (island) βπ€ Helen βπ€ Io βπ€ Prometheus (fire-stealer) βπ€ Memphis (Egyptian) βπ€ Menelaos βπ€ Nile (river god) βπ₯ the Danaids βπ River Oceanos (unlocatable) βπ Troy (Troad) βπ Egypt βπ Argos (city) βπ the Land of the Ethiopians βπ€ Canopos βπ River Nile (Egypt) βπ Byblos (Phoinicia) βπ Libya (North Africa) βπ Phoinicia βπ Delphi (Phocis) βπ River Euenos (Aitolia) βπ River Alpheios (Peloponnese) βπ River Thermodon (Pontos) βπ River Strymon (Thrace) βπ Thesprotia βπ€ Argos (Panoptes) βπ Cimmerian Bosporos βπ Lake Triton (Libya) βπ Mount Nysa (unlocatable) βπ Croton (Italy) βπ River Phasis (Colchis) βπ€ Danaos βπ Eryx (Sicily) βπ€ the Caucasian Eagle βπ River Spercheios (C. Greece) βπ Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) βπ River Ismenos (Thebes) βπ River Maiandros (Caria) βπ River Xanthos (Lycia) βπ River Peneios (Thessaly) βπ Pharos (Egypt) βπ€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) βπ River Ganges (India) βπ River Istros (Europe) βπ River Caicos (Lydia) βπ€ Heracles (Egyptian) βπ River Inopos (Delos)βπ River Eurotas (Laconia) βποΈ Spring Peirene (Corinth) βπ River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) βπ Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) βπ River Orontes (Syria) βπ River Erymanthos (Elis/Arcadia) βπ River Caystros (Asia Minor)βπ Iapygia (Italy) βπ€ Son of Castor (Odyssean persona) βπ Cisthene (unlocatable) βπ₯ the Griffons βπ₯ the Arimaspians βπ River Plouton (unlocatable) βπΊ the Chariot of Heliosβπ River Hebros (N. Greece) βπ River Melas (Arcadia) βπ€ Osiris βπ River Tanais (Scythia) βπ€ Melas (Egyptian) βπ River Melas (alt. Nile) βπ€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) βπ River Aigyptos (alt. Nile) βπ€ Neilos βπ Siris (S. Italy) βπ Philai (Egypt) βπ River Tiber (Italy)βποΈ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)βπ the Land of the Eremboi βπ€ Neileus (Egyptian) βπ River Po (Italy)βπ₯ the Horses of Helios βπ River Tagus (Iberia) βπ River Rhine βπ River Rhone βποΈ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios) βποΈ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)βπ the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia) βπ Drepanon (W. Sicily) βπ the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia βπ€ Nileus βπ Pompeii (Campania) βπ Concheia (Sicily) βπ Lake Gonousa (Sicily) βπ Paraitonion (Egypt) βπ Lake Mareotis (Egypt) βπ the Land of the Pygmies βπ River Canopos (Egypt) βπ River Aetos (alt. Nile) βποΈ the Channel of the Nile (Ethiopia) βποΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)βποΈ the Temple of Daidalos (Egypt) βπ Heracleia (Egypt) βποΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus)
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 115-143βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 569-591βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 820-876βπ Pausanias 2.5.3βπ Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359βπ Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9βπ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 782-815βπ Danais fr. 1 Westβπ Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 19βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 170-182βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 196-214βπ Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16βπ Diodoros, Library 1.19.1-1.19.4βπ Diodoros, Library 1.96.1-1.96.9βπ Diodoros, Library 1.51.3-1.51.4βπ Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6βπ D-Scholia, Iliad 2.103βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.722-1.764βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271βπ Strabo 1.2.24-1.2.29βπ Strabo 6.2.4βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.90-5.235βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.666-9.797βπ Diodoros, Library 1.38.1-1.38.12βπ Diodoros, Library 1.63.1-1.63.9βπ Pliny, Natural History 2.229βπ Pliny, Natural History 6.188βπ Pliny, Natural History 5.53βπ Euripides, Bacchae 370-432
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryβLycophron, AlexandraβHomer, OdysseyβPausaniasβ Homeric Hymn 1 to DionysosβStraboβAeschylus, Prometheus Boundβ DanaisβCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisβCallimachus, Hymn to DelosβBacchylides, DithyrambsβPs-Plutarch, On RiversβDiodoros, LibraryβD-Scholia, IliadβOvid, MetamorphosesβEuripides, BacchaeβPliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3βπ Homer, Odyssey 1.19-1.25βπ Homer, Odyssey 4.475-4.511βπ Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359βπ Homer, Odyssey 24.1-24.22βπ Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9βπ Euripides fr. 228 Collard-Croppβπ Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten
- Depictions
- π¨ Wall Paintings from Tempio dβIside VIII 7, 28, Pompeii (MANN 9548, 9558; PALP r8-i7-p28-space-6)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- π Egypt βπ Delos (island)