Cephissus (mythology)
River god and father of Narcissus.
Cephissus is a river god in Greek mythology, associated with rivers in Attica and Boeotia. He is notable as the father of several figures, including the youth Narcissus.
Quick Facts
- Parents
- Pontus and Thalassa
- Daughters
- Lilaea
- Daulis
- Melaeno
- Sons
- Eteocles
- Narcissus
- Euonymus
- Consorts
- Euippe, Liriope
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Did You Know?
- Cephissus, with Inachus and Asterion, judged that Argolis belonged to Hera instead of Poseidon.
- Poseidon made the waters of Cephissus disappear as punishment for the judgment.
- Cephissus lamented his grandson being turned into a seal by Apollo.
Family
Cephissus was a son of Pontus and Thalassa. His daughters included the naiad Lilaea, Daulis, and Melaeno, who was mother of Delphus by Apollo. Another account gives Thyia, daughter of the aboriginal Castalius, as Delphus' mother; Herodotus claimed Thyia was a daughter of Cephissus. By Euippe, daughter of Leucon, Cephissus had a mortal son Eteocles, who inherited the throne of King Andreus of Orchomenus. Cephissus was also father of Narcissus by the naiad Liriope, and of Euonymus, who fathered Aulis.
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