Meilichos Explained

Meilichos
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:approximately 10km (10miles)
Mouth Location:Gulf of Patras
Mouth Coordinates:38.2695°N 21.7385°W

Meilichos ([1]) is a torrent in the northwestern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows from a spring near Skioessa near the northern part of the Panachaiko mountain west of the ravine of Charadros to the Gulf of Patras. It passes north of Skioessa, under a viaduct of Motorway 5, through the village Sychaina, now a neighbourhood of Patras, it empties west of the neighbourhood of Agyia.

In antiquity there was a temple of Artemis Triklaria near the river,[2] but this has not yet been found by archaeologists. Near the intersection of present-day Aretha Street and the Greek National Road 8A in the Patras neighbourhood of Ampelokipoi, a bridge from the Roman era has been excavated. It currently has a covering which protects the structure from rain.

Notes and References

  1. Achaia. 1. 13.
  2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]