Inachus (Argolis)

Inachos
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location	Greece , Argolida
River system	Inachos
source	Mount Artemisio near the town of Karia 37 ° 38 ′ 18 ″  N , 22 ° 32 ′ 6 ″  E
Source height	about  900  m
muzzle	Argolic Gulf Coordinates: 37 ° 35 ′ 7 "  N , 22 ° 44 ′ 58"  E 37 ° 35 ′ 7 "  N , 22 ° 44 ′ 58"  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	about 900 m
Bottom slope	about 24 ‰
length	37 km
Right tributaries	Charadros
Medium-sized cities	Argos
Small towns	Karia, Sterna, Koutsopodi , Nea Kios

Inachos ( Greek Ίναχος ) is a river in the Greek landscape of Argolis .

The Inachos rises on Mount Artemisio, flows past the city of Argos to flow into the Argolic Gulf at Nea Kios . Since ancient times, the river has only carried water in winter after rainfall. Numerous myths surround the drying up of the springs. So Inachus was asked to which god, Hera or Poseidon , his land should belong. Choosing Hera, Poseidon dried up the source of the river. Various traditions put the drying up of the sources in the time of Phoroneus or Gelanor .

Strabo reported that the Inachus originates on the Lyrkeus , the mountain adjacent to Artemisio , but this is wrong.

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• Libraries of Apollodorus , 2, 1; 2, 13.
• Pausanias , traveling in Greece , 2, 15, 4.
• Strabon, Geographica , 370.