Meander, Maeander, Mæander or Maiandros (Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος) was a river god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria, southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
[1] Meander was the father of Cyanee,[2] Samia (wife of Ancaeus, who begat Perilaus, Enudus, Samus, Alitherses and a daughter Parthenope),[3] Kalamos[4] and Callirhoe.
[5] In a story told by Pseudo-Plutarch,[6] Maeander waged war against the Pessinuntines and vowed to the Mother of the Gods that on obtaining victory, he would sacrifice "the first that came to congratulate him for his good success".
As it happened, the first people who greeted him on his return were his mother, his son, and his sister.
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