Cephisus
Family: gods · Role: river deity · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 15
In Book 2, Chapter 15, at Argolis, Cephisus joined Inachus and Asterion (river god) as arbitrators in Poseidon and Hera’s dispute over the land. They awarded it to Hera, and Poseidon took away their water.
In Book 9, Chapter 34, Eteocles (son of Andreus) was said by the poets to be Cephisus’s son. Book 10 also names several daughters attributed to him: Daulis, whose name was given to a town; Melæne, said by some to be the mother of a son; and Lilæa, a Naiad reputed to be his daughter.
Relationship record
Life events
- Inachus, Cephisus, and Asterion awarded the land to Hera, so Poseidon removed their water.(Book 2 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Argolis)
- With: Inachus Asterion (river god) Poseidon Hera
- “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land: and when they judged that it was Hera’s, then Poseidon took away all their water.”
Book 2 · Chapter 15
- with Poseidon (Cephisus was an arbitrator in the dispute.) “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land;”
- with Hera (Cephisus was an arbitrator in the dispute.) “and that he and Cephisus and Asterion were the arbitrators between Poseidon and Hera in their dispute about the land;”
Book 9 · Chapter 34
- child: Eteocles (son of Andreus) (This parentage is attributed to the poets.) “Eteocles, who according to the poets was the son of the river Cephisus”
Book 10 · Chapter 4
- child: Daulis “The town they say got its name from the nymph Daulis, who was the daughter of Cephisus.”
Book 10 · Chapter 6
- child: Melæne “But some say his mother was Melæne the daughter of Cephisus”
Book 10 · Chapter 33
- child: Lilæa (Cephisus is identified as Lilæa's father.) “Lilæa, who was one of the Naiades, and reputed to be the daughter of the Cephisus, which rises here”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.