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ERASSINOS (River) ARGOS - MYKINES
The Erasinus
(Erasinos, also Ardinos, Strab. viii.6: Kephalari) is the only river in the plain
of Argos which flows during the whole year. Its actual course in the plain of
Argos is very short; but it was universally believed to be the same stream as
the river of Stymphalus,
which disappeared under Mt. Apelauron, and made its reappearance, after a subterranean
course of 200 stadia, at the foot of the rocks of Mt. Chaon,
to the SW. of Argos. It issues from these rocks in several large streams, forming
a river of considerable size (hence ingens Erasinus, Ov. Met. xv. 275), which
flows directly across the plain into the Argolic
gulf. The waters of this river turn a great number of mills, from which the
place is now called The Mills of Argos (hoi muloi tou Argous). At the spot where
the Erasinus issues from
Mt. Chaon, there is a fine
lofty cavern, with a roof like an acute Gothic arch, and extending 65 yards into
the mountain (Leake). It is perhaps from this cavern that the mountain derives
its name (from chao, chaino, chasko). The only tributary of the Erasinus
is the Phrixus (Phrixos, Paus. ii. 36.6, 38.1), which joins it near the sea.
This extract is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited April 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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