Cephissus
deity water Greek corroborated · 3
Cephissus was a river-god in Greek mythology. He was the father of Euonymus, who in some traditions was the father of Aulis.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek river-god, grandfather of Aulis in alternative genealogy.
Relationships
- parent of
- Euonymus
- co occurs with
- Kourotrophos, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Aulis, Alacomenia, Thelxinoea, Gaia, Hecate, Apollo, Hermes, Demeter, Eileithyia, Asclepius, Leto, Artemis (Diana), Aphrodite, Athena, Zeus, Diana, Heracles, Hera, Pan, Poseidon, Erechtheus, nymphs, Hestia, Jason, Alpheus
Mentioned by
- Aulis
- Alacomenia
- Thelxinoea
- Gaia
- Hecate
- Apollo
- Hermes
- Demeter
- Eileithyia
- Asclepius
- Leto
- Artemis (Diana)
- Aphrodite
- Athena
- Zeus
- Diana
and 9 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Other traditions called Aulis a daughter of Euonymus, the son of the river-god Cephissus.”
#27796 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Kourotrophos (Greek: κουροτρόφος 'child nurturer') is the name that was given in ancient Greece to gods and goddesses whose properties included their ability to protect young people. Numerous gods are referred to by the epithet such as Athena, Leto, Apollo, Hermes, Hecate, Aphrodite, Artemis, Eileithyia, Demeter, Gaia, Cephissus and Asclepius.”
#28695 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the rivers Archelous and Cephissus”
#43956 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free