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🌍 River Caicos (Lydia)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Astraios (alt. Caicos)
    Information
    river in Lydia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1737602
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550491
    Place of death of
    đŸ‘€ Astraios (Mysian) character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversđŸ‘€ Caicos (eponym) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Settled by
    đŸ‘„ the Aiolians ethnic collective
    Settled from
    🌍 Aiolia region of Greece
    Personification
    đŸ‘€ Caicos (river god)
    Eponym
    đŸ‘€ Caicos (eponym) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Ruled by
    đŸ‘€ Priam king of TroyđŸ‘€ Telephos ruler of Mysia, shows the Greeks the way to TroyđŸ‘€ Eurypylos (Mysian) son of Telephos, leader of the second Mysia contingent at TroyđŸ‘€ Teuthras (Mysian) king of Teuthrania
    Conquered by
    đŸ‘€ Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy
    Related entities
    đŸ‘€ Aleos father of Cepheus and Auge and othersđŸ‘€ Auge mother of TelephosđŸ‘€ Telephos ruler of Mysia, shows the Greeks the way to TroyđŸ‘€ Teuthras (Mysian) king of Teuthrania🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 Teuthrania (Mysia) city in MysiađŸ‘€ Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingentđŸ‘€ Astraios (Mysian) character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversđŸ‘€ Caicos (eponym) character in Ps-Plutarch's On RiversđŸș the Ash Spear of Achilles described as 'Pelion', used to heal Telephos🌍 Tauris (Pontos) peninsula in the north of the Black Sea, modern Crimean peninsula🌍 Lesbos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia🌍 Arabia region in south-eastern Aegean🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Assyria regionđŸ‘€ Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt🌍 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 ThessalyđŸ‘€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) son of Helios🌍 River Ganges (India) river in India🌍 River Istros (Europe) river in Europe🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia) river in LaconiađŸ›ïž Spring Peirene (Corinth) at Corinth🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) river in Mesopotamia🌍 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)đŸș 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)đŸ‘„ 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 EuropeđŸ‘„ the Aiolians ethnic collective🌍 the Troad region around Troy🌍 River Hermos (Lydia) river in Lydia🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia) city in Mysia🌍 Aiolia region of GreeceđŸ‘€ Athena Olympian goddess🌍 Arcadia region in the PeloponneseđŸ‘€ Eurypylos (Mysian) son of Telephos, leader of the second Mysia contingent at Troy🌍 Cilicia (Troad) region in the Troad according to Homer, Iliad 6🌍 River Ceteios (Mysia) tributary of the river Caicos🌍 River Mysios (Mysia)đŸ‘„ the Ceteian Contingent (defenders) ethnic collective that fought with the Trojan alliesđŸ‘€ Priam king of Troy🌍 River Aisepos (Asia Minor) river in Asia Minor
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 8.4.9📖 Pausanias 8.45.6-8.45.7📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 21📖 Pindar, Isthmian 5 26-50📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📖 Strabo 13.1.3📖 Strabo 13.1.69-13.1.70📖 Strabo 13.3.2-13.3.3📖 Strabo 13.1.2📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.95-12.145
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasPs-Plutarch, On RiversPindar, Isthmian 5Diodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesStrabo
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Hecataios of MiletosDionysios ScytobrachionEuripidesHomer, OdysseyAeschylusHomer, Iliad
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Hecataios of Miletos fr. 29a Fowler📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Euripides fr. 696 Collard-Cropp📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.467-11.567📖 Aeschylus fr. 143 Radt📖 Homer, Iliad 2.816-2.839
    Reported depictions
    🎹 West Pediment of the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea (LIMC Hiera 3)
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