Marsyas (river)

Marsyas (river)

Marsyas is the name of several rivers in antiquity:

* Marsyas, (the modern Çine River), rising near Stratonikeia, Caria, joining the Maeander near Aydın, Turkey.
* Marsyas, (also the Catarrhactes), in Phrygia, associated in Greek mythology with the satyr Marsyas, joining the Maeander near Dinar, Turkey.
* Marsyas, (in Syria), joining the Orontes near Apamea, Syria

References

* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0220.html Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Marsyas"]


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