Cadmus (river)

Cadmus (river)

Cadmus or Cadmos ( _el. Κάδμος), was the ancient name for a river that flowed from Mount Cadmus, in ancient Phrygia. The river, probably the modern Gieuk Bonar (in Aydın Province, Turkey), which flows into the Lycus, a tributary of the Maeander. (Hamilton, "Researches, &c.", vol. i. p. 513.)

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