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🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece)

  • <div data-attribute_names="{&quot;7140&quot;:{&quot;10801386&quot;:&quot;Pausanias&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;9650165&quot;:&quot;Homer, &lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;10324113&quot;:&quot;Plutarch, &lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;Theseus&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;10853981&quot;:&quot;Istros&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;11292578&quot;:&quot;Strabo&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;},&quot;11354&quot;:{&quot;11306421&quot;:&quot;Geography&quot;,&quot;11320769&quot;:&quot;Epic&quot;,&quot;11306422&quot;:&quot;Mythography &amp; Historiography&quot;},&quot;7139&quot;:{&quot;8316567&quot;:&quot;Pausanias&quot;,&quot;8359986&quot;:&quot;Homer&quot;,&quot;10324112&quot;:&quot;Plutarch&quot;,&quot;10853979&quot;:&quot;Istros&quot;,&quot;11292577&quot;:&quot;Strabo&quot;},&quot;11355&quot;:{&quot;11306417&quot;:&quot;Greek&quot;},&quot;11356&quot;:{&quot;11310589&quot;:&quot;Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)&quot;,&quot;11310601&quot;:&quot;Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11309902&quot;:&quot;Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11309903&quot;:&quot;Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11306420&quot;:&quot;Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)&quot;},&quot;11408&quot;:{&quot;11334703&quot;:&quot;Plutarch&quot;}}"><span title="Pausanias&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; Homer, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;; Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_10801386&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_8316567&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11310589&quot;,&quot;7140_9650165&quot;,&quot;11354_11320769&quot;,&quot;7139_8359986&quot;,&quot;11356_11310601&quot;,&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11290781" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11290781">📖 Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span> 23.138-23.151</span></span><span title="Plutarch, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Theseus&lt;/span&gt;; Istros&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_10324113&quot;,&quot;11354_11306422&quot;,&quot;7139_10324112&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11310589&quot;,&quot;11408_11334703&quot;,&quot;7140_10853981&quot;,&quot;7139_10853979&quot;,&quot;11356_11309902&quot;,&quot;11356_11309903&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10853982" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10853982">📖 Istros<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> BNJ 334 fr. 7</span></span><span title="Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; Homer, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;,&quot;7140_9650165&quot;,&quot;11354_11320769&quot;,&quot;7139_8359986&quot;,&quot;11356_11310601&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11290513" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11290513">📖 Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span> 16.168-16.197</span></span></div>
  • Information
    river in central Greece
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q426309
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541112
    Personification
    👤 Spercheios (river god)
    Ruled by
    👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent
    Related entities
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    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 1.37.3📖 Plutarch, Theseus 34.2📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1141-1173📖 Strabo 9.5.9📖 Strabo 8.6.13📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.144📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.159-7.233📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasPlutarch, TheseusLycophron, AlexandraStraboOvid, MetamorphosesD-Scholia, Iliad
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadIstros
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 23.138-23.151📖 Istros BNJ 334 fr. 7📖 Homer, Iliad 16.168-16.197
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