Granicus

• a small river in Mysia, which has its source in Mount Ida, and is famous for the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians which took place on its banks, Mel. 1, 19, 2; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141; Ov. M. 11, 763; Curt. 3, 1, 9.

(Γράνικος), a river god of Mysia, is described by Hesiod (Hes. Th. 342) as a son of Oceanus and Thetys. But according to Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v. Γραικός), the name Granicus was derived by some from Graecus, the son of Thessalus. [L.S]

GRANI´CUS (Γράνικος), a river in Troas which had its source in Mount Cotylus, a branch of Ida, and flowing through the Adrastian plain emptied itself into the Propontis. (Hom. Il. 12.21; Strab. xiii. pp. 582, 587, 602; Mela, 1.19; Plin. Nat. 5.40; Ptol. 5.2.2.) This little stream is celebrated in history on account of the signal victory gained on its banks by Alexander the Great over the Persians in B.C. 334, and another gained by Lucullus over Mithridates (Arrian, Arr. Anab. 1.13; Diod. Sic. 17.19; Plut. Alex. 24, Lucull. 11; Flor. 3.5.) Some travellers identify the Granicus with the Dimotico (Chishull, Travels in Turkey, p. 60), and others with the Kodsha-su.

(Γράνικος). A small river of Mysia, rising in Mount Ida, and falling into the Propontis (Sea of Marmora) east of Priapus; memorable as the scene of the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians (B.C. 334) (Arrian, Exp. Alex. i. 13), and, in a less degree, for a victory of Lucullus over Mithridates, B.C. 73.