Titarisios
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Titarisios Τιταρήσιος, Titarēsios, Τιταρήσιος |
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| location | Thessaly ( Greece ) | |
| River system | Pinios | |
| Drain over | Pinios → Mediterranean | |
| source | at the foot of Mount Olympus | |
| muzzle | in the Pinios coordinates: 39 ° 47 '34 " N , 22 ° 23' 9" E 39 ° 47 '34 " N , 22 ° 23' 9" E
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| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Left tributaries | Elassonitis | |
| Medium-sized cities | Tyrnavos | |
The Titarisios ( Greek Τιταρήσιος , below the confluence of the Xerias Ξεριάς also named after this, ancient Greek Τιταρήσιος Titarēsios ) is a river in the Thessalian plain in Greece . The Titarisios rises on Mount Olympus and flows first to the southwest, before turning in a large arc to the east, then through the plain of Thessaly , through the cities of Elassona and Tyrnavos . It finally unites with the Pinios , which flows into the Thermaic Gulf in the Aegean Sea at Stomio . The Titarisios is about 100 km long. Its main tributary is the Elassonitis .
It was already mentioned in Homer's Iliad :
“[…] Also tilled the fields along the lovely river Titaresio:
The one that rolls in Peneio's flood its beautiful waters,
But never interferes in Peneio's silver
whirlpool , but runs down like smooth oil on the upper wave; [...] "