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TERMESSOS

Greek Name

Τερμησσος

Περμησσος

Transliteration

Termêssos

Permêssos

Latin Spelling

Termessus

Permessus

Translation

River Termessus

River Permessus

TERMESSOS was a river-god of Boiotia (Boeotia) in central Greece.

The Termessos or Permessos stream had its headwaters on Mount Helikon in Boiotia. It flowed north past the town of Askra to empty into Lake Kopais (Copais). The most important neighbouring rivers were the Kephisos (Cephisus) to the north-west, the Lamos to the south, Ismenos to the south-east, and Pleistos to the west.


PARENTS

Presumably OKEANOS & TETHYS

OFFSPRING

[1] AGANIPPE (Pausanias 9.29.5)
[2] Perhaps ASKRE, THE LEIBETHRIDES, EUPHEME, TELPHOUSA, THISBE


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 29. 5 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Aganippe was a daughter of the Termessos, which flows around Helikon (Helicon)."


SOURCES

GREEK

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