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BRYKHON

Greek Name

Βρυχων

Transliteration

Brykhôn

Latin Spelling

Brychon

Translation

River Brychon

BRYKHON (Brychon) was a river-god of Khalkidike (Chalcidice) in Thrake, north of Greece.

The Brykhon stream flowed into the Aegean between the peninsulars of Sithonia and Pallene in Thrakian Khalkidike. The two major neighbouring rivers were the Strymon to the east and Axios in the west.

PARENTS

Presumably OKEANOS & TETHYS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Lycophron, Alexandra 1405 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"The plains of the Sithonians and the fields of Pallene, where the ox-horned [river] Brykhon (Brychon), who served the Gigantes (Giants), fattens with his waters." [N.B. The Gigantes of Khalkidike waged war on the gods.]

SOURCES

GREEK

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