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The Ladon (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λάδων, Ládōn; Demotic Greek: Λάδωνας, Ládōnas) is a river in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It features in Greek mythology. It is a tributary to the river Alfeios, which empties into the Ionian Sea. It is 70 km (43 mi) long.[1]

Ladon
Location
Country	Greece
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Peloponnese
Mouth
• location	Alfeios
• coordinates	37°35′35″N 21°49′13″E
Length	70 km (43 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Alfeios→ Ionian Sea

Course

The Ladon rises on the western slope of the Aroania mountain, near the village Kastriá, Kleitoria municipal unit, Achaea. It flows south, receives its left tributary Aroanios, flows along Kleitoria and turns southwest near the Arcadian border. It flows through the artificial Ladon Lake, and turns south again near Dimitra. It flows into the Alfeios 3 km southeast of the village Tripotamia. It joins the Tragus near Zevgolatio.

Mythology

The river was among those mentioned by Hesiod in Theogony; they were "all sons of Oceanus and queenly Tethys" for, according to the image of world hydrography common to the ancients, the fresh water that welled up in springs came from the underworld caverns and pools, and was connected with the salt sea. Rain fertilized crops, but the sense that its runoff filled the rivers did not figure in the Greek mythic picture.

Rivers were personified and credited with wooing nymphs and human maidens and fathering children. Ladon's daughter, the nymph Metope was wed to the river Asopus.

Rivers have cleansing effects in Greek mythology. When Poseidon assaulted Demeter, she washed away the insult in the waters of the River Ladon. Apparently this was the source of the Arcadian expression that to "giv[e] way to anger is to be furious."[2]

References

External links

Media related to Ladon (river) at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Ladon (river)

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[es] Ladón (río)

El río Ladón (en griego moderno Λάδωνας, Ládonas) es un corto río que atraviesa la región de Arcadia, en Grecia, el principal afluente del río Alfeo,[1] que lo recibe por su margen izquierda.

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[it] Ladone (fiume)

Il Ladone (in greco: Λάδωνας, traslitterato: Ládonas) è un fiume della penisola del Peloponneso in Grecia. Viene citato nella mitologia greca ed è un affluente del fiume Alfeo, che sfocia nel Mar Ionio. Nella mitologia greca, è personificato dal dio fluviale Ladone.

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[ru] Ладон (река)

Ладон[1] [2][3] (греч. Λάδωνας) — река в Греции, на северо-западе Пелопоннеса, правый приток Алфиоса. Длина 70 км. Пересекает периферийные единицы Ахея и Аркадия. Берёт исток в Аркадии. У истока, где Ладон течёт на юго-запад, по реке проходит граница Ахеи и Аркадии[1]. В общине Гортиния, к югу от гор Афродасион[el], на реке построена плотина и расположены ГЭС и одноимённое водохранилище[2]. Плотина была построена в 1955 году, имеет высоту 57 м и длину 105 м. После водохранилища река продолжает своё течение в западном направлении, затем поворачивает к юго-западу и приближается к границам периферийной единице Элида.

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