His twenty beautiful Naias daughters were abducted by the gods.
His daughters were companions of the goddess Artemis.ĪMPHRYSOS (Amphyrsus) A River-God of Thessalia (Thessaly) in northern Greece.ĪNAPOS (Anapus) A River-God of the island of Sikelia (Sicily), southern Italy.ĪNAUROS (Anaurus) A River-God of Thessalia (Thessaly) in northern Greece.ĪNIGROS (Anigrus) A River-God of Elis in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.ĪPIDANOS (Apidanus) A River of Thessalia (Thessaly) in northern Greece and its god.ĪRDESKOS (Ardescus) A River-God of inland Thrake (modern Bulgaria).ĪRNOS (Arno) A River-God of Etruria in central Italy.ĪSKANIOS (Ascanius) A River-God of Mysia in Anatolia (modern Turkey).ĪSOPOS (Asopus) A River-God of Boiotia (Boeotia) and Argos, in southern Greece. He loved the Nymphe Arethousa and pursued her all the way under the sea to the island of Sikelia (Sicily).ĪMNISOS (Amnisus) A River-God of the island of Krete in the Greek Aegean. The jealous Kyklops Polyphemos crushed him beneath a stone.ĪKRAGAS (Acragas) A River-God of the island of Sikelia (Sicily) in southern Italy.ĪLMO A River-God of Latium (the Roman kingdom) in Italy.ĪLPHEIOS (Alpheus) A River-God of Arkadia and Elis, in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece. He was originally a mortal boy loved by the Nereis Galateia. He wrestled with Herakles for the hand of the Aitolian princess Deianeira, but was overcome by the hero.ĪKHERON (Acheron) A River-God of Haides the Underworld and Thesprotia in north-western Greece.ĪKIS (Acis) A River-God of the island of Sikelia (Sicily) in southern Italy. al.)ĪIAS (Aeas) A River-God of Epeiros (modern day Albany).ĪIGAIOS (Aegaeus) A River-God of the island of Skheria (Scheria), mythical home of the Phaiakians (Phaeacians), later identified with the Greek island of Korkyra (Corcyra).ĪISAR (Aesar) A River-God of Etruria in central Italy.ĪISEPOS (Aesepus) A River-God of the Troad in Anatolia (modern Turkey).ĪKHELOIOS (Achelous) A River-God of Aitolia (Aetolia) in central Greece. THE NAIADES (Philostratus Imagines 2.27, et. OKEANOS (Homer Iliad 21.190, Philostratus Elder 2.8) OFFSPRING OKEANOS & TETHYS (Hesiod Theogony 337, Aeschylus Seven 304 Diodorus Siculus 4.69.1, Hyginus Preface, Nonnus Dionysiaca 23.76) The River-God was depicted in one of three forms:-as a man-headed bull a bull-horned man with the tail of a serpentine-fish in place of legs or as a reclining man with an arm resting upon a pitcher pouring water. Their sisters were the Okeanides (Oceanids), goddesses of small streams, clouds and rain, and their daughters were the Naiades, nymphs of springs and fountains.
THE POTAMOI were the gods of the rivers and streams of the earth, all sons of the great earth-encirling river Okeanos (Oceanus). River, Rivers ( potamos) River-god Achelous, Athenian red-figure krater C5th B.C., Musée du Louvre
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