InGreek mythology Cephissus also spelled Kephissos (/ˈkɛfɪˌsəs/or/ˌkɪfɪˈsoʊs/; Ancient Greek: Κηφισός, romanized: Kephisos) is a river god of ancient Greece, associated with the river CephissusinAttica and/or with the river CephissusinBoeotia, both in Greece.
Cephissus was a son of Pontus and Thalassa.[1]
The daughters of Cephissus were
However, one of these alternate versions is that Thyia daughter of the aboriginal Castalius was Delphus' mother, almost certainly the same Thyia whom Herodotus claims was daughter of Cephissus to whom the Delphians built an altar to the winds and who was eponym of the Thyiades.[5]
A mortal son of Cephissus was EteoclesbyEuippe, daughter of Leucon, son of Athamas. This Euippe later on became the wife of King AndreusofOrchomenus and Eteocles inherited Andreus' throne.[6] Eteocles or Eteoclus, son of Cephissus, was confirmed from Hesiod's and Pindar's accounts.[7] He was the first made offering to the Charites by the side of the river Cephissus.
Cephissus was also said to be the father of Narcissus by the naiad Liriope.[8] Another son, Euonymus who gave his name to Euonymeia, was the father of Aulis, the eponym of Aulis.[9]
This Cephisus may also be the Argive river-god of the same name who together with two other river-gods, Inachus and Asterion, judged that the land of Argolis to be belonged to Hera instead of Poseidon. Thus, the sea god made their waters disappear and for this reason neither of the three rivers provide water to the land except after rain.[10] In an obscure myth, Cephissus greatly lamented his grandson being turned into a seal by Apollo.[11]
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