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INDOS

Greek Name

Ινδος

Transliteration

Indos

Latin Spelling

Indus

Translation

River Indus

INDOS was a river-god of southern Karia (Caria) in Anatolia (modern Turkey).

The River Indos empties into the Aegean Sea near the town of Kaunos (Caunus) on the Karian coast opposite the island of Rhodes. The most important neighbouring rivers were the Maiandros (Meander) to the north and the Lykian Xanthos to the south-east.


PARENTS

OKEANOS & TETHYS (Hyginus Pref)

OFFSPRING

Perhaps THE NYMPHAI LELEGEIDES


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"From Oceanus and Tethys [were born] the Oceanides . . . Of the same descent Rivers: Strymon, Nile, Euphrates, Tanais, Indus, Cephisus, Ismenus, Axenus, Achelous, Simoeis, Inachus, Alpheus, Thermodon, Scamandrus, Tigris, Maeandrus, Orontes."


SOURCES

ROMAN

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