Euripos (disambiguation)

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Euripos (Greek Εὔριπος , Latin Euripus ) means:


in ancient geography:

  • a strait
  • the strait between Evia and mainland Greece, see Euripos
  • Euripos (Akarnania) , an ancient city in Akarnania
  • a river that flows into the Black Sea, also called Astelephos, today's Skurcha in Georgia


Also:

  • a long, narrow pool of water or a channel in an ancient Roman (garden) complex, see Euripus . Specifically:
    • Euripus in the Villa Adriana in Tivoli, a replica of Canopus Canal in Egypt, therefore, usually as Canopus referred
    • Euripus des Agrippa , a canal that led water from the Agrippa baths into the Tiber in Rome
  • In the Roman Circus Maximus a ditch along the spectator stands, then a basin along the central axis (spina) and finally the spina as a whole, see Euripus
  • Euripus (genus) , a genus within the butterflies