Ardeskos

Ardeskos ( Greek Ἄρδησκος ) is a river god in Greek mythology .

Ardeskos is the personification of the river in Thrace known today as Mariza . He appears as one of 25 river gods in a list in the theogony of Hesiod , in which some descendants of Oceanus and Tethys are named. Except for the place at Hesiod, Ardeskos is not documented in literature or inscriptions.

In addition to Ἄρδησκος, there are the readings Ἄρδισκος ( Ardiskos ), Ἄλδισκος ( Aldiskos ) or Ἄλδησκος ( Aldeskos ).

literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Ardeskos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 474 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Ardeskos in the Theoi Project (English)

Remarks

↑ Hesiod, Theogony 345.
↑ Cf. on Aldeskos Wilhelm Tomaschek : Aldeskos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 1356.

[1] Hesiod, Theogony 345.

[2] Cf. on Aldeskos Wilhelm Tomaschek : Aldeskos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 1356.