Asopus River
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The Asopus River is an ancient river in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, frequently mentioned in Greek mythology and classical literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asopus River canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Pausanias' Description of Greece
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ⓘ
Pindar's odes NERFINISHED ⓘ various ancient Greek tragedies ⓘ works of Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aegina Island through myth ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Argolis
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ⓘ
Corinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| drainsRegion | northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| flowsNear |
Phlius
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ⓘ
Sicyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
Greek local cults
ⓘ
ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from ancient Greek Ἀσωπός (Asōpós) ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | frequent toponym in Greek poetry ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAssociationWith |
Aegina
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ⓘ
Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ river god Asopus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalFunction |
father of several nymphs in myth
ⓘ
personified as a god ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalTheme |
divine abduction
ⓘ
pursuit of Zeus by a river god ⓘ |
| hasReligiousFunction | site of local cult worship ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | abduction of Aegina myth ⓘ |
| hasSourceRegion | mountainous interior of northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| hasType | freshwater body ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Peloponnese
ⓘ
northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Asopus (river god) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greek river system
ⓘ
landscape of ancient northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
ancient Greek geographers
ⓘ
ancient Greek historians ⓘ ancient Greek poets ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
Archaic Greece
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ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | river deity ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.