Scamander River
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The Scamander River is an ancient waterway in the Troad region of modern-day Turkey, famed from Greek mythology and Homer’s Iliad as a key geographic feature of the Trojan War.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological river
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river ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trojan plain
ⓘ
ancient city of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Achilles
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ⓘ
Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojan warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important landmark in classical literature
ⓘ
symbol of divine forces in nature in Greek epic ⓘ |
| describedInWork |
Homeric epics
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ⓘ
Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Aegean Sea near the Dardanelles (traditional identification) ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | plain of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
battlefield setting in the Iliad
ⓘ
natural boundary near Troy ⓘ |
| genreOfReferences | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Scamandros
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Skamandros NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthos River NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
attempts to drown Achilles in myth
ⓘ
capable of speech in the Iliad ⓘ personified as a god in Greek myth ⓘ |
| hasDeity | Scamander (river god) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalEvent | battle between Achilles and the river god ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalName | Xanthos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | key geographic feature of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| hasSourceLocation | hills of the Troad (mythological description) ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfDeity | potamos (river god) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
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ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book 20 of the Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountryContext | Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthOfWaterBody | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalDomain | waters around Troy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | river god Scamander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Troy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
site of ancient Ilion ⓘ |
| partOf | Troad region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
Trojan War cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencedBy | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionNowKnownAs | Çanakkale Province (approximate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Bronze Age (mythological setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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