Alphe(i)os (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 05, 2023 05:40 PM
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The longest river of the Peloponnesus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570067
37.5147993019, 21.8725036732
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Alpheus (river course) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Alphe(i)os (river) connection Ionium Mare (unspecified date range)
- Alphe(i)os (river) connection Peloponnesus/Peloponnesos/Peloponnese (unspecified date range)
- Acheloos (river) flows into Alphe(i)os (river) (unspecified date range)
- Enipeus (river) flows into Alphe(i)os (river) (unspecified date range)
- Erymanthos (river) flows into Alphe(i)os (river) (unspecified date range)
- Helisson (river in modern Megalopoli) flows into Alphe(i)os (river) (unspecified date range)
- Kladeos (river) flows into Alphe(i)os (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 A2 Alphe(i)os fl.
According to myth, this river (with the Peneus) was diverted by Heracles to clean the Augean Stables.
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Alphe(i)os (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570067> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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