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ARDESKOS

Greek Name

Αρδησκος

Transliteration

Ardêskos

Latin Spelling

Ardescus

Translation

River Arda

ARDESKOS (Ardescus) was a river-god of inland Thrake (modern Bulgaria).

The River Ardeskos or Arda--now known as the Maritsa--flowed through inland Thrake north of the Rhodope mountains to converge with the river Hebros near the town of Oresteia.


PARENTS

OKEANOS & TETHYS (Hesiod Theogony 337)


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Hesiod, Theogony 337 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) :
"Tethys bore to Okeanos (Oceanus) the swirling Potamoi (Rivers) . . . Euenos (Evenus) and Ardeskos (Ardescus), and Skamandros (Scamander) [in a list of rivers]."


SOURCES

GREEK

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