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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🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)
    Said to flow from or into
    🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia)🌍 River Inopos (Delos)🌍 Lake TritonπŸ›οΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus)
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Daidalos
    Place of birth of
    πŸ‘€ Epaphos (s. of Io)
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos)πŸ‘€ NeilosπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes)
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ IsisπŸ‘€ Osiris
    Personification
    πŸ‘€ Nile (river god)
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ NeilosπŸ‘€ Neileus (Egyptian)
    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)πŸ‘€ IoπŸ‘₯ the Couretes (guardians)πŸ‘€ Hera🌍 Lake Triton🌍 River Inopos (Delos)🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia)🌍 Crete (island)🌍 Egypt🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Phoinicia🌍 ThesprotiaπŸ‘€ Son of Castor (Odyssean persona)🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos🌍 Cisthene (unlocatable)πŸ‘₯ the GriffonsπŸ‘₯ the Arimaspians🌍 River Plouton (unlocatable)πŸ‘₯ the Danaids🌍 Argos (city)πŸ‘€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos)πŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog)πŸ‘€ NeilosπŸ‘€ HeraclesπŸ‘€ Prometheus (fire-stealer)πŸ‘€ the Caucasian EagleπŸ‘€ Neileus (Egyptian)πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia)🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos)🌍 River Strymon (Thrace)🌍 River Phasis (Colchis)🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece)🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes)🌍 River Maiandros (Caria)🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia)🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly)πŸ‘€ Phaethon (s. of Helios)🌍 River Ganges (India)🌍 River Istros (Europe)🌍 River Caicos (Lydia)🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia)πŸ›οΈ Spring Peirene (Corinth)🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid)🌍 River Orontes (Syria)🌍 River Erymanthos (Arcadia)🌍 River Caystros (Asia Minor)🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece)🌍 River Melas (Arcadia)🌍 River Tanais (Scythia)🌍 River Tiber (Italy)🌍 River Po (Italy)πŸ‘₯ the Horses of Helios🌍 River Tagus (Iberia)🌍 River Rhine🌍 River RhoneπŸ‘€ HelenπŸ‘€ Menelaos🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia)🌍 Croton (Italy)🌍 Eryx (Sicily)🌍 Iapygia (Italy)🌍 Siris (S. Italy)πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)🌍 the Land of the EremboiπŸ›οΈ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia)🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily)🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia🌍 Concheia (Sicily)🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily)πŸ‘€ HermesπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes)πŸ‘€ Isis🌍 Pharos (Egypt)🌍 Paraitonion (Egypt)🌍 Lake Mareotis (Egypt)πŸ‘€ Nileus🌍 River Aigyptos (alt. Nile)πŸ‘€ DanaosπŸ‘€ Memphis (Egyptian)πŸ‘€ Nile (river god)🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)🌍 the Land of the PygmiesπŸ›οΈ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus)πŸ‘€ Melas (Egyptian)πŸ‘€ Aigyptos (eponym)🌍 River Nile (Egypt)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Osiris (Philai)πŸ‘€ Osiris🌍 Philai (Egypt)πŸ‘€ Canopos🌍 Delphi (Phocis)πŸ‘€ Heracles (Egyptian)πŸ‘€ Daidalos
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 115-143πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 569-591πŸ“– Pausanias 2.5.3πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9πŸ“– Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 782-815πŸ“– Danais fr. 1 WestπŸ“– Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 19πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 196-214πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 170-182πŸ“– Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 16πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.19.1-1.19.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 2.103πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.722-1.764πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.24-1.2.29πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 820-876πŸ“– Strabo 6.2.4πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.666-9.797πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.90-5.235πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.38.1-1.38.12πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.51.3-1.51.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.63.1-1.63.9πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.96.1-1.96.9πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 2.229πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 6.188πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 5.53πŸ“– Euripides, Bacchae 370-432πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1385.59-1386.39πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 14
    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
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homeric Hymn 1 to DionysosDionysios ScytobrachionApollodoros, LibraryHomer, OdysseyEuripidesHerodotos, HistoriesAristarchos of Samothrace
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9πŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 RustenπŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 1.19-1.25πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359πŸ“– Euripides fr. 228 Collard-CroppπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 24.1-24.22πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 4.475-4.511πŸ“– Herodotos, Histories 3.97.2πŸ“– Aristarchos of Samothrace unnumbered fragment
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Tempio d’Iside VIII 7, 28, Pompeii (MANN 9548, 9558; PALP r8-i7-p28-space-6)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Delos (island)🌍 Egypt
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