| Inachos | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Greece |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Argolis,Greece |
| Mouth | |
• location | Aegean Sea |
• coordinates | 37°35′8″N22°44′57″E / 37.58556°N 22.74917°E /37.58556; 22.74917 |
| Length | 42 km (26 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 537.5 km2 (207.5 sq mi) |
TheInachos (Greek:Ίναχος), also known asPanitsa (Πάνιτσα), is ariver in thePeloponnese, southernGreece. Its source is in the mountains of westernArgolis, near the villageKaparelli. It flows into theAegean Sea inNea Kios. The Inachos was named afterInachus, a mythical king of Argos, who introduced civilization to the area.
The Inachus rises, according to Pausanias (ii 25.3, 8.6.6), in Mt. Artemisium, on the borders ofArcadia, or, according to Strabo (viii. p.370), in Mt. Lyrceium, a northern offshoot of Artemisium. Near its sources it receives a tributary called the Cephissus, which rises in Mt. Lyrceium (Strab. ix. p.424; Aelian,Ael. VH 2.33.) It flows in a south-easterly direction, E. of the city of Argos, into the Argolic gulf. This river is often dry in the summer. Between it and the city of Argos is the mountain-torrent named Charadrus, which also rises in Mt. Artemisium, and which, from its proximity to Argos, has been frequently mistaken for the Inachus by modern travellers. It flows over a wide gravelly bed, which is generally dry in the summer, whence its modern name ofXerias, or the Dry River. It flows into the Inachus a little below Argos. It was on the banks of the Charadrus that the armies of Argos, on their return from military expeditions, were obliged to undergo a court of inquiry before they were permitted to enter the city. (Thuc. 5.60; comp.Paus. 2.25.2; Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 364, Peloponnesiaca, p. 267; Mure, vol. ii. p. 161.)
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