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Author:   Harry Brewster ,  Peter Levi (Professor of Poetry, Oxford University)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9781860642074

ISBN 10:   1860642071
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Part 1 Northwestern Greece: the Acheloos - Greece's great river, rich in myths; the Acheron - river of the underworld; the Kokytos - the other river of the underworld; the Evenos - where Nessos was killed; other rivers of Northwestern Greece. Part 2 Eastern Greece: the Peneios and its tributaries - Daphnes' father; the Haliakmon, the Axios, the Strymon and the Nestos; the Spercheios loved by Achilles and its tributaries; the Kephisos of Phokis and Boeotia - the bellowing bull; the Boeotian Asopos - a god of distinguished progeny; the Kephisos and Ilissos of Attica. Part 3 The Peloponnese: the Inachos - punished by Poseidon; the Erasinos - a vanished river god; the Hyllikos and the golden stream that never dies; the Selemnos and other lesser streams of the Northern Peloponnese; the Asopos of Phleius - sent home with thunderbolts; the Styx - the terrible goddess; the Aroanios and its springs - where the trout sang; the Ladon - rich in offspring and in stories; the Erymanthos - haunt of centaurs; the Alpheios - a river god renowned for his lust; the Eurotas - ancestor of Helen; the Pamisos - a river god of some importance; the Neda and the Lymax - where Zeus was born?; Mythological rivers and other streams of interest.

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