Cladeos (mythology)

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Kladeos on the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia

Kladeos ( ancient Greek Κλάδεος ) is in Greek mythology, the river god of the same name, at Olympia in the Alpheios opens river .

Pausanias reports that Kladeos was the second most venerated river god of Elis , just after Alpheios . In the sanctuary of Zeus behind the Heraion there was next to the altar of Artemis also an altar of Kladeos, a statue of him was also in the outermost corner of the pediment in the east gable of the temple of Zeus .

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  1. a b Pausanias 5, 10, 7.
  2. ^ Pausanias 5:15 , 7.