Eridanos (mythology)

The river Eridanos (or Eridanus) is a river of Hades in Greek mythology, whose name has been adopted by paleogeographers to describe the real ice age river that ran where the Baltic Sea is now: for that river, see Eridanus (geology).The Eridanos is mentioned in ancient Greek writings as a river in northern Europe rich in amber. There have been various guesses at which real river was the Eridanus: these include the Po in north Italy, and the Nile and the Danube. Another, lesser Eridanos, a small river near Athens has been rediscovered in modern times, with the construction of the Athens Metro.
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