Kaïkos (mythology)
Kaïkos ( Greek Κάικος ) is the personification of the Mysian river of the same name in Greek mythology and ancient religion .
Kaïkos was considered the son of Okeanos and Tethys . In the " Mysern " a priest of God is mentioned. At the time of Hadrian , copper coins with the emperor and the river god were minted in Pergamon .
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Kaikos 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 894 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Kaikos in the Theoi Project (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Hesiod , Theogony 343
- ↑ Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta Vol. 3, F 143