Asopus

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Asopus is a river god in Greek mythology, often depicted as a divine personification of various rivers and associated with numerous mythic genealogies and local cults.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alpheus 4
Asopus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity
potamos
river god
ability control of river waters
associatedWith river Asopus in Boeotia
river Asopus in Phlius
river Asopus in Sicyon
children Aegina
Antiope
Argos
Asopis
Chalcis
Cleone
Corcyra
Euboea
Harpina
Ismene
Nemea
Ornea
Peirene
linked to: Aganippe

Pelasgus
Pisa
Plataea
Salamis
linked to: Salamis Island

Sinope
Tanagra
Thebe
Thespia
cultType local river cults
culture Greek mythology
domain rivers
father Oceanus
gender male
genealogicalRole progenitor of many eponymous heroines and cities
mother Tethys
mythologicalType river personification
notableMyth pursuit of Poseidon for abducting his daughter Corcyra
pursuit of Zeus for abducting his daughter Aegina
parents Oceanus and Tethys
linked to: Tethys
role divine personification of rivers
source Apollodorus
Diodorus Siculus
Pausanias
spouse Aegina
Metope
Naiad nymph (various traditions)
worshippedIn Aegina
Boeotia
Phlius
Sicyon
Thebes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sisyphus betrayedDeity Asopus
Arethusa pursuedBy Alpheus
linked to: Asopus
Alfeios River ancientName Alpheus
linked to: Asopus
Augean Stables connectedRiver Alpheus
linked to: Asopus
Potamoi notableMember Alpheus
linked to: Asopus
Potamoi notableMember Asopus