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The Tellaro (Latin: Helorus or Elorus, Greek: Ἕλωρος or Ἕλωρος) is a river in the southeast of Sicily, the most considerable which occurs between Syracuse and Cape Pachynum.[1] It is 49 kilometres (30 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 384 square kilometres (148 sq mi).[2]

Tellaro
Location
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Ionian Sea
• coordinates	36.8373°N 15.1064°E / 36.8373; 15.1064
Length	49 km (30 mi)
Basin size	384 km2 (148 sq mi)

It rises in the hills between Palazzolo (ancient Acrae) and Giarratana, and flows at first to the south, then turns eastward, and enters the sea about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Syracuse. Near its mouth stood the town of the same name. In the upper part of its course it is a mountain stream, flowing over a rugged and rocky bed, whence Silius Italicus calls it undae clamosus Helorus (xiv. 269); but near its mouth it becomes almost perfectly stagnant, and liable to frequent inundations. Hence Virgil justly speaks of praepingue solum stagnantis Helori (Aen. iii. 698). Ovid praises the beauty of the valley through which it flows, which he terms Helornia Tempe (Fast. iv. 476). Several ancient authors mention that the stagnant pools at the mouth of the river abounded in fish, which were said to be so tame that they would eat out of the hand, in the same manner as was afterwards not uncommon in the fishponds of the Romans. (Apollodorus of Athens ap. Steph. Byz. v. Ἔλωρος; Athenaeus, viii. p. 331; Plin. xxxii. 2. s. 7.)[1]

It was on the banks of the Helorus, at a spot called Ἀρέας πόρος the precise locality of which cannot be determined, that the Syracusans were defeated by Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela, in a great battle. (Herod. vii. 154; Pind. Nem. ix. 95; and Schol. ad loc.)[1]

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[de] Tellaro (Fluss)

Der Tellaro, früher auch Eloro bzw. Heloros genannt, ist ein Fluss im Südosten von Sizilien.

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- [en] Tellaro (river)

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[es] Río Heloros

El río Heloros o Eloros (latín Helorus o Elorus) es un río de Sicilia al sudeste de la isla, el más grande entre Siracusa y el cabo Pachynum. Actualmente se llama Tellaro. Nace en las laderas del monte Erbesso al este de Giarratana, a una cota de cerca de 840 metros, cerca de Palazzolo (antigua Acrae). Se adentra en el valle delimitado por los contrafuertes de Palazzolo Acredie y a la mitad de su curso marca el límite entre las provincias de Ragusa y Siracusa hasta el punto en el que se encuentra con el Tellesimo, su principal afluente. Su curso va hacia el sur y después hacia el este. Después de un recorrido de 45 km desemboca en el mar Jónico, a unos 40 km al sur de Siracusa, en los alrededores de la ciudad de Eloro, antigua colonia griega que toma el mismo nombre antiguo del río.

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[it] Tellaro (fiume)

Il Tellàro, anticamente chiamato Eloro, è un fiume della Sicilia sud-orientale. Nasce dai Monti Iblei, più precisamente alle falde di Poggio del Lupo e di Monte Loi[1], nel comune di Palazzolo Acreide, a una quota che va dai 500 ai 600 m s.l.m., e sbocca dopo 48 chilometri[1], nel Golfo di Noto (Mare Ionio) presso le rovine dell’antica Eloro, sub-colonia di Siracusa fondata nel VII sec. a.C. La portata d’acqua varia di molto durante l’anno: si riduce a ben poco nei mesi estivi (specie in agosto), ma non fino a esaurirsi, almeno nel suo tratto medio-basso; nel periodo autunnale e invernale il fiume spesso si gonfia paurosamente, talvolta esondando, talaltra minacciando o anche portando via qualche ponte.

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[ru] Телларо (река)

Телларо (итал. Tellaro) — река в Италии, на юго-востоке острова Сицилия. В античный период называлась Элор (др.-греч. Ἔλωρος)[1]. Длина реки 45 километров, площадь водосборного бассейна — 388 км².

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