Ladon (river of Elis) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Ladon.
  2. Web site: Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215192049/http://www.ypeka.gr/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=T4DDG1hqQMY%3D&tabid=252&language=el-GR. 15 February 2020. el. Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. 42.