Ladon river
The
river Ladon (modern Greek: Λάδωνας, "Ládonas") features inGreek mythology . It rises inArcadia , west of Tripoli. It is a tributary to the river Alfeios, which empties into theIonian Sea .The river was among those mentioned by
Hesiod in "Theogony ;" they were "all sons ofOceanus and queenly Tethys" [http://www.loggia.com/myth/rivers.html] for, according to the image of world hydrography common to the ancients, the fresh water that welled up in springs came from the underworld caverns and pools and was connected with the salt sea. Rain fertilized crops, but the sense that its runoff filled the rivers did not figure in the Greek mythic picture.Rivers were personified and credited with wooing
nymph s and human maidens and fathering children. One daughter of Ladon wasDaphne , whomApollo pursued. She called on the river-godPeneus for aid, and he transformed her into a laurel. Another daughter, the nymph Metope was wed to the RiverAsopus .Rivers have cleansing effect in Greek mythology. When Poseidon assaulted Demeter, she washed away the insult in the waters of the River Ladon.
"See also:"
Asopus ,Tripotamia .
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