Silpium is the ancient mountain above
Antioch on the Orontes (modern
Antakya
Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes Rive ...
, Turkey) where
Io, the daughter of
Inachus
In Greek mythology, Inachus, Inachos or Inakhos ( Ancient Greek: Ἴναχος) was the first king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River,Apollodorus2.1.1/ref> that drains the western margin of the Argive plain.
Biography
Fo ...
, dies of grief in the version of the Greek myth preserved by the Syrian historian
Ioannis Malalas (2.30).
Locations in Greek mythology
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