Cephissus (mythology)

In Greek mythology Cephissus also spelled Kephissos (/ˈkɛfɪˌsəs/ or /ˌkɪfɪˈsoʊs/; Ancient Greek: Κηφισός, romanized: Kephisos) is a river god of ancient Greece, associated with the river Cephissus in Attica and/or with the river Cephissus in Boeotia, both in Greece.

[1] The daughters of Cephissus were However, one of these alternate versions is that Thyia daughter of the aboriginal Castalius was Delphus' mother, almost certainly the same Thyia whom Herodotus claims was daughter of Cephissus to whom the Delphians built an altar to the winds and who was eponym of the Thyiades.

[6] Eteocles or Eteoclus, son of Cephissus, was confirmed from Hesiod's and Pindar's accounts.

[7] He was the first made offering to the Charites by the side of the river Cephissus.

[10] In an obscure myth, Cephissus greatly lamented his grandson being turned into a seal by Apollo.

The Xenokrateia Relief , from the late fifth century BC, commemorates the founding of a sanctuary to Cephissus, National Archaeological Museum of Athens .