Ladon | |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.8906°N 21.5264°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Length: | 37.7km (23.4miles) |
Pushpin Map: | Greece |
The Ladon (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Λάδων, Ládōn; Demotic Greek: Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λάδωνας, Ládōnas), or Pineiakos Ladonas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πηνειακός Λάδωνας), to distinguish it from the river of the same name in Arcadia, is a river of Elis in Greece. It rises in the highlands to the south of Mount Erymanthus; it flows at first through a narrow ravine, and, anciently flowed into the Peneius,[1] but now flows into the, a man-made lake created by the Peneus Dam. It is long.[2] The river is called the Selleeis (Σελλήεις) by Homer.