Eridanos (Athens)

For other uses, see Eridanos (river of Hades).
Eridanos in March 2008
Greek tortoise

The Eridanos /əˈrɪdəˌnɒs/ or Eridanus (/əˈrɪdənəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography.

Mythical stream

Eridanus was the 'deep-swirling' river-god son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.[1] He was the father of Zeuxippe, mother of the Argonauts Butes and Eribotes by Teleon.[2]

Eridanus may be the same or different with his another river-god namesake.

Real river

Eridanus was the small stream that flowed from a source in the foothills of the Lykabettos, through the Agora of ancient Athens in Greece to the archaeological site of the Kerameikos, where its bed is still visible. In this area lives a population of Greek tortoise.

Its course has been for the most part covered since ancient times, and was only visible outside the ancient walls in the district of Kerameikos.

The river was rediscovered during the excavations for the Athens Metro subway in the late 1990s, and its waters caused considerable technical problems at times. Because of the Metro works, its seasonal flow through the Kerameikos cemetery was disrupted, as the waters were apparently and inadvertently redirected to some new underground path.

As of April 2007, the stream of the river, as it flows through Monastiraki Square, has been excavated.[3] It had been covered with a brickwork tunnel since classical times, and the brickwork had been repaired at least twice, in the imperial Roman and early Byzantine eras. The brick tunnel now forms part of a small[4] open-air museum at Monastiraki Square, from Ermou to Ifaistou, next to the Metro station, and the waters of the Eridanos are from inside the tunnel.

Notes

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 338 & 366–370
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  3. ^ "Long-awaited Monastiraki metro station opens in downtown Athens". Greekembassy.org. 2003-04-23. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  4. ^ "Athenians look at". ekathimerini.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

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