Meander (mythology)

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Meander or Maiandros is a river-god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria, southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). He is one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys,^[1] and is the father of Cyanee,^[2] Samia^[3] and Calamos.^[4]

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1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 334 [1]
2. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.450 [2]
3. ^ Pausanias, Descriptions of Greece, 7.4.1 [3]
4. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 369-478 [4]