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Enipeus (Elis)
Enipeus or Enipeas may refer to: *Enipeus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology * Enipeus (Elis), a river in rising near Salmone (Elis), Elis, Greece *Enipeas (Thessaly), a river in Thessaly, Greece * Enipeas (Pieria), a small river in Pieria (regional unit) Pieria ( el, Πιερία) is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini.The name Pieria originates from ..., Greece * Enippeas, a town in Thessaly, Greece {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enipeus (mythology)
Enipeus, in ancient Greece, was a river god. Enipeus was loved by a mortal woman named Tyro, who was married to a mortal man named Cretheus. Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys. The River Enipeus (now Enipeas) is located in Thessaly, and was the site of the Battle of Cynoscephalae and the Battle of Pharsalus. References See also * List of water deities A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water. Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important. Anoth ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Enipeus (Mythology) Potamoi Personifications of rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enipeus (Elis)
Enipeus or Enipeas may refer to: *Enipeus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology * Enipeus (Elis), a river in rising near Salmone (Elis), Elis, Greece *Enipeas (Thessaly), a river in Thessaly, Greece * Enipeas (Pieria), a small river in Pieria (regional unit) Pieria ( el, Πιερία) is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini.The name Pieria originates from ..., Greece * Enippeas, a town in Thessaly, Greece {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmone (Elis)
Salmone ( grc, Σαλμώνη) was a town of ancient Elis. Strabo indicates that its name derives from a king of Greek mythology called Salmoneus and he locates it in Pisatis, of which it was one of its eight towns, near Heraclea, next to a fountain that bore the same name and that was where the Enipeus (the modern Lestinitsa) flowed. It was on the road between Olympia and Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ..., and although its exact location is not known for sure it was supposed to be north of the current village of Karatula, at the source of the Lestinitsa. References Populated places in ancient Elis Former populated places in Greece {{ancientElis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enipeas (Thessaly)
The Enipeas ( el, Ενιπέας) or Enipeus ( grc, Ἐνιπεύς) is a river in central Greece, tributary of the Pineios near Farkadona. It is long. p. 12 Its source is in the northern part of , on the plateau of . Its course runs through several of the ''tetrades'' of ancient , from |
Enipeas (Pieria) , a town in Thessaly, Greece
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Enipeus or Enipeas may refer to: *Enipeus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology *Enipeus (Elis), a river in rising near Salmone (Elis), Elis, Greece *Enipeas (Thessaly), a river in Thessaly, Greece * Enipeas (Pieria), a small river in Pieria (regional unit), Greece *Enippeas Enippeas ( el, Ενιππέας) is a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Farsala, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,213 (2011). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieria (regional Unit)
Pieria ( el, Πιερία) is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini.The name Pieria originates from the ancient Pieres tribe. In Pieria, there are many sites of archeological interest, such as Dion, Pydna, Leivithra and Platamonas. Pieria contains Mount Pierus, from which Hermes takes flight in order to visit Calypso, and is the home of Orpheus, the Muses, and contains the Pierian Spring. Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece and throne of the ancient Greek gods, is located in the southern part of Pieria. Other ancient cities included Leibethra and Pimpleia. Geography The Pieria regional unit is bordered by Imathia to the north, Kozani to the west, and to the south and west by the region of Thessaly's regional unit Larissa. The Pierian Mountains lie to the west; the Thermaic Gulf lies to the east. It also has a valley by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
