Pleistos
| Pleistos | |
|---|---|
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Gulf of Corinth between Kirra and Itea |
| Length | approximately 25-30 km |
The Pleistos (Greek: Πλειστος, alternative spelling: Pleistus, Plistos) is a Greek river that starts at Mount Parnassos and flows south to the Corinthian Gulf near Kirra. Its neighbors include Kephisos to the north and Euenos to the west, in its course flows between the Parnassos and Kirfi mountains and the Amphissian Fields (or Amfissa Fields). Solon of Athens is said to have used hellebore roots to poison the water in an aqueduct leading from the River Pleistos around 590 BC during the siege of Kirrha.[1] It was also mentioned in Strabo's Geographica and Pausanias[2][3][4]
It crosses within several places including Arachova, Delphi, Chryso, Kirra and Itea. During the summer months, the river is dry. A pathway along the river existed which begins in ancient Delphi[5]
Gallery
<gallery> File:MaleasDelphi.jpg|Painting of the Pleistos valley File:Kastalian Spring.jpg|Painting of the Kastalian Spring.
References
- ^ Adrienne Mayor, "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World" Overlook-Duckworth, 2003, rev ed with new Introduction 2008
- ^ Perseas River Pleistus
- ^ Strabo, Geographica, Book IX, Chapter 3
- ^ Pausanias Pausanias' Travels, Phocica, Ozolian Locris.
- ^ Delphi, pathway Template:El
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