River-gods

Character · slug: river-gods

Also: Nilus, Alpheus, Achelous, Simois, etc.

Oceanus, Tethys, and the Oceanids (Hesiodic Overview)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan generation / watery catalogue · Hesiodic catalogue
Achelous and Deianeira: Contest for the Bride
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (river-god suitor; shape-shifting combat; broken horn; marriage to Deianeira)
Alcmaeon, Eriphyle, and the Necklace of Harmonia
Theban — Epigoni aftermath / Harmonia’s heirloom curse · Apollodorean (matricide; purification; Callirrhoe; death)
Alcmaeon and Callirhoe: The Necklace’s Second Curse
Heroes — Epigoni aftermath / Alcmaeon’s wanderings · Apollodorean — Psophis to Achelous; Callirhoe’s demand; death in Psophis
Achilles and the River Scamander (Xanthus) — *Iliad* 21
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ aristeia / river combat · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
Belus, Aegyptus, and Danaus: The Setup
Local and lesser — Argive / Io’s descendants · Apollodorean genealogical setup (before the Danaid murders)
Alpheus and Arethusa
Local and lesser — Arcadian / Sicilian spring aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek river–spring myth; Pindaric and Pausanian Greek notices

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library