- Information
- river in Egypt
- Alternative name
- π River Melas (alt. Nile) βπ River Aigyptos (alt. Nile)
- Identified with
- π Lake Triton (Libya)
- Said to flow from or into
- π River Inopos (Delos)βπ River Euphrates (Mesopotamia)
- Place of birth of
- π€ Epaphos (s. of Io)
- Place of death of
- π€ Argos (Panoptes) βπ€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) βπ€ Neilos
- Personification
- π€ Nile (river god)
- Eponym
- π€ Neilos
- Encompases
- π Abatos (Egypt)
- Related Entities
- π€ Cerberos (dog) βπ₯ the Couretes (guardians) βπ€ Epaphos (s. of Io) βπ€ Hera βπ€ Zeus βπ€ Hermes βπ Crete (island) βπ€ Helen βπ€ Io βπ€ Menelaos βπ₯ the Danaids βπ Troy (Troad) βπ Egypt βπ Argos (city) βπ the Land of the Ethiopians βπ Byblos (Phoinicia) βπ Libya (region) βπ Phoinicia 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 Eryx (Sicily) βπ River Spercheios (Central Greece)βπ Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) βπ River Ismenos (Thebes) βπ River Maiandros (Caria) βπ River Xanthos (Lycia) βπ River Peneios (Thessaly) βπ€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) βπ River Ganges (India) βπ River Istros (Europe) βπ River Caicos (Lydia) 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 River Tanais (Scythia) βπ€ Melas (Egyptian) βπ€ Aigyptos (s. of Hephaistos) βπ€ Neilos βπ Siris (S. Italy) βπ River Tiber (Italy)βποΈ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)βπ the Land of the Eremboi 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 Concheia (Sicily) βπ Lake Gonousa (Sicily)
- 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 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.103βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.722-1.746βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271βπ Strabo 1.2.24-1.2.29βπ Strabo 6.2.4
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryβLycophron, AlexandraβHomer, OdysseyβPausaniasβ Homeric Hymn 1 to DionysosβStraboβAeschylus, Prometheus Boundβ DanaisβCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisβCallimachus, Hymn to DelosβBacchylides, DithyrambsβPs-Plutarch, On RiversβD-Scholia, IliadβOvid, Metamorphoses
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3βπ Homer, Odyssey 1.19-1.25
- 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 of
- π Delos (island)