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Peneus averts his gaze as Apollo, pierced by Cupid's arrow of desire, pursues Daphne, transforming into the laurel (Apollo and Daphne, 1625, by Poussin)
River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne

In Greek mythology, Peneus (/pəˈnəs/; Ancient Greek: Πηνειός) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child of Oceanus and Tethys.[1]

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 343 & 366–370; Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.1 & 72.1

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Peneus

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In Greek mythology, Peneus (/pəˈniːəs/; Ancient Greek: Πηνειός) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child of Oceanus...

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Peneus Patera

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media related to Peneus Patera. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Maria Banks (28 February 2007). "Scalloped Topography in Peneus Patera Crater". HiRISE...

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Lapiths

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legendary people in Greek mythology, who lived in Thessaly in the valley of the Peneus and on the mountain Pelion. They were believed to have descended from the...

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Nephele peneus

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Nephele peneus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay. "CATE Creating...

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Daphne

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sources variously to have been a daughter of the (1) Thessalian river god Peneus by the nymph Creusa, or of (2) another Arcadian river-deity Ladon (Orontes)...

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Apollo and Daphne

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source, but it's generally understood that her father is a river god (either Peneus or Ladon) and her mother was either the nymph Creusa or Gaia. As a Roman...

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Potamoi

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Inachus, forming a dynasty of kings in Egypt, Libya, Arabia and Ethiopia. Peneus, river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus. He was the father...

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Augeas

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there. However, Heracles succeeded by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth. Augeas reacted angrily because he had promised Heracles...

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List of Greek mythological figures

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father of numerous daughters that mingled with the descendants of Inachus Peneus, river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus; father of Daphne...

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Labours of Hercules

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there. However, Heracles succeeded by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth. Before starting on the task, Heracles had asked Augeas...

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Erinyes

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Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Acheron Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx...

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Hermes

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Pausanias, 2.3.10 Archived 2 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. daughter of Peneus Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 10. 266 Eustathius on Homer, 804 Pausanias, 1.38...

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Oizys

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Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Acheron Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx...

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Chlidanope

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Chlidanope was the naiad wife of King Hypseus of Lapiths, son of the river-god Peneus. The couple had four daughters: Cyrene, Themisto, Alcaea and Astyagyia....

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Cupid

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by Apollo's unwanted advances, Daphne prays to her father, the river god Peneus, who turns her into a laurel, the tree sacred to Apollo. It is the first...

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Megaera

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Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Acheron Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx...

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Thanatos

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Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Acheron Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx...

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Oceanus

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Achelous, Nessos, Rhodius, Haliacmon, Heptaporus, Granicus, Aesepus, Simoeis, Peneus, Hermus, Caicus, Sangarius, Ladon, Parthenius, Evenus, Aldeskos, and Scamander...

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Titans

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Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Acheron Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx...

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Melicertus kerathurus

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tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814 Palaemon sulcatus Olivier, 1811 Penaeus trisulcatus Leach, 1815 (synonym) Peneus cristatus Risso, 1827 Peneus mars Risso, 1816...

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Wreath

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Daphne. When he pursued her she fled and asked the river god Peneus to help her. Peneus turned her into a laurel tree. From that day, Apollo wore a wreath...

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