Cephisus

Cēphīsus (-ŏs) or Cēphissus, i, m., = Κηφῖσις or Κηφισσός.

• A river in Phocis and Boeotia, now Cephisso, Gaurio, or Gerios, Ov. M. 3, 19; Stat. Th. 7, 349; Luc. 3, 175; Plin. 4, 7, 12, §§ 26 and 27; as river-god, father of Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 343; Stat. Th. 7, 340.—
• • • 2 Hence,
    • • a Cēphīsĭus or Cēphissĭ-us, i, m., = Narcissus, Ov. M. 3, 351.—
      • b Cē-phīsis or Cēphissis, ĭdis, adj. fem., of Cephisus: undas, Ov. M. 1, 369.—
• II A river on the west side of Athens, emptying into the Saronic Gulf, Ov. M. 7, 388.—
• • B Hence,
  • • 1 Cēphīsĭa, ae, f., name of a small district of Altica, abounding in springs, Gell. 1, 2, 2; 18, 10, 1; and of a fountain, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24.—
    • 2 Cēphīsĭăs (Cēphissĭas), ădis, adj. fem., of Cephisus: ora, the banks of the Attic Cephisus, where Procrustes had his abode, Ov. M. 7, 438.

Cēphīsus ou Cēphissus, ī, m.  : Plin. 2, 230 et Cēphissŏs, ī, m.  : Luc. 3, 175, Céphise [fleuve de Béotie], cf. Ov. M. 3, 343 || Cēphīsĭăs, ădis, f. Ov. M. 7, 843 et Cēphīsis, ĭdis, f. Ov. M. 1, 369, du Céphise.

Cephīsus

(Κηφισός) and Cephissus (Κηφισσός). (1) A celebrated river of Greece, that rises at the foot of Parnassus, close to Lilaea, and, after traversing the plains of Phocis and part of the Boeotian territory, empties into the Copaic Lake in the latter country. (See Copaïs.) Hesiod compares it to a serpent, from the many sinuosities of its course. The modern name is Mauro Potamo. According to the poets, the son of the river-god Cephissus introduced the worship of the Graces into Boeotia, and hence the peculiar attachment which they were said to have for the waters of this stream. (See Gratiae.)

(2) A river of Attica, generally distinguished by the name of Atticus, to prevent its being confounded with the Cephissus which flowed near Eleusis.

(3) A river running near Eleusis.

(4) A river of Argolis, flowing into the Inachus.

(5) A river in the island of Salamis.

Cephisus Cephissus Cephisus, father of Diogenia

• Apollod. 3.15.1

Cephisus(2), river near Eleusis

• more impetuous than Athenian Cephisus: Paus. 1.38.5

Cephisus(3), river of Argolis

• Paus. 2.15.5, Paus. 2.20.6
• arbitrates between Poseidon and Hera: Paus. 2.15.5
• sanctuary of: Paus. 2.20.6

Cephisus(4), river of Attica near Athens

• Paus. 1.37.3ff., Paus. 1.38.5
• altar of: Paus. 1.34.3
• hair shorn in honour of: Paus. 1.37.3

Cephisus(5), river of Phocis and Boeotia

• Paus. 9.24.1, Paus. 10.33.1, 4, 6, 7, 12, Paus. 10.34.1, Hdt. 7.178, Hdt. 8.33
• its source: Paus. 10.8.10, Paus. 10.33.5
• diverted by Herakles: Paus. 9.38.7ff.
• father of Daulis: Paus. 10.4.7, of Lilaea: Paus. 10.33.4, and of Melaena: Paus. 10.6.4