Cephissus (Greek : Kifissós, Kephissós, or Kêphissos) or Cephisus (Greek : Kêphisos) is the name of several rivers in
Greece:
Cephissus (Boeotia), a river arising in Phocis and flowing through northern Boeotia into Lake Copais.
Cephissus (Athenian plain), a river in
Attica flowing through the Athenian plain.Cephissus (Eleusinian plain), a river of
Attica flowing through the
Eleusinian plain.
Pausanias (1.38.4) claims it flows more violently than the other
Cephissus of the Athenian plain.Cephissus (Argolis), a river of
Argolis, tributary of the
Inachus. According to
Pausanias (2.15.5) the rivers
Inachus, Cephissus, and
Asterion judged between
Poseidon and
Hera as to who should own
Argos. They judged for Hera, whereupon Poseidon dried up the land so that the rivers that flow there provide little water, except after rain, and dry up in the summer.Cephissus (Salamis), a river in
Salamis.Cephissus (Corinth), a former river which Pausanias (2.20.6) says was destroyed by Poseidon but which can still be heard flowing under the earth at a sanctuary to Cephissus in
Corinth.
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[Greek] One meaning of the name Cephissus is a Greek river god, the father of Narcissus. Another meaning of the name Cephissus is a man who was changed into a sea monster by Apollo. A third meaning for the name Cephissus is three famous rivers in Greece: in Attica near Eleusis; in Attica near Athens; in Boeotia and in Phocis near the sacred shrine of Delphi and Mount Parnassus. The three graces were particularly fond of the river near the sacred shrine. The final and fourth meaning of the name Cephissus is a Boeotian river god. He was the son of Oceanus and Tethys, brother of the other river gods, and father of Narcissus by the nymph, Liriope. Other children are ascribed to him, but in those cases parentage is disputed.
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