LADON (river in Azania)
River in Peloponnese, Greece
- Kind of place
- River
- Region
- Azania
- Patron
- Demeter
- Landmarks
- Sanctuary of Demeter in Onceium Pausanias 8.21.1
- Where
- 37.59° N, 21.82° E
The river is famous for the legend of Daphne told by poets. Pausanias 8.20.1 The river is described as the most lovely river in Greece. Pausanias 8.20.1 The waters of the Ladon stopped the nymph Syrinx from fleeing further. Ovid Met. 1.689-712
Described in the sources
The river Ladon flows through a place called Nasi. Pausanias 8.23.8 +1 The source of the Ladon is located within the territory of Cleitor, about fifty stades from Lycuria. Pausanias 8.20.1 +1 The Ladon empties into the Alpheius river. Pausanias 8.25.12 The river is located near Cleitor in Arcadia. Athenaeus 8.6 The river flows past a location named Mesoboa. Pausanias 8.25.2 The river flows past a location named Leucasium. Pausanias 8.25.2 The Ladon flows from the territory of the Clitorians. Pausanias 5.7.1 Demeter bathed in the Ladon after she stopped being angry. Pausanias 8.25.6 The river Ladon originates in the marshy areas of Pheneus. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.10 ΒΆ1 The river descends from Halus to a place called Thaliades. Pausanias 8.25.2
Stories and history
The Ladon is a tributary that flows into the Alpheius. Pausanias 5.7.1 +1 The river temporarily stopped flowing for a period of time. Strabo 1.3.19 The river currently flows through the Berethra near Pheneum. Strabo 8.8.4 Water from the Anias river is sometimes discharged into the Ladon. Strabo 8.8.4 Water from the Anias river is sometimes discharged into the Alpheius. Strabo 8.8.4 An earthquake once blocked the river's sources, stopping its continuous flow. Strabo 8.8.4 Some people falsely believed certain Homeric islands were once inhabited in the Ladon. Pausanias 8.25.12 The river is too small to carry islands on its waters, unlike the Danube and Eridanus. Pausanias 8.25.13 The water is reported to form a lake in the territory of Pheneus and descend into mountain chasms before rising at the source, though the narrator expresses uncertainty about the truth of this account. Pausanias 8.20.1