The Rhebas ( Ancient Greek: Ῥήβας) was a very small river on the coast of ancient Bithynia, the length of which amounts only to a few miles (or km); it flows into the Euxine, near the entrance of the Bosporus, northeast of Chalcedon. [1] [2] [3] This little river, which is otherwise of no importance, owes its celebrity to the story of the Argonauts. [4] It also bore the names of Rhesaeus and Rhesus, [2] [5] the last of which seems to have arisen from a confusion with the Rhesus mentioned by Homer.
Its site is identified with the Rıva deresi in Asiatic Turkey. [6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Rhebas".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Names Server-742502 41°13′32″N 29°12′52″E / 41.225543°N 29.214414°E
The Rhebas ( Ancient Greek: Ῥήβας) was a very small river on the coast of ancient Bithynia, the length of which amounts only to a few miles (or km); it flows into the Euxine, near the entrance of the Bosporus, northeast of Chalcedon. [1] [2] [3] This little river, which is otherwise of no importance, owes its celebrity to the story of the Argonauts. [4] It also bore the names of Rhesaeus and Rhesus, [2] [5] the last of which seems to have arisen from a confusion with the Rhesus mentioned by Homer.
Its site is identified with the Rıva deresi in Asiatic Turkey. [6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Rhebas".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Names Server-742502 41°13′32″N 29°12′52″E / 41.225543°N 29.214414°E