SATNIOEIS
Greek Name
Σατνιοεις
Transliteration
Satnioeis
Latin Spelling
Satnoeis, Satnoïs
Translation
River Satnoeis
SATNIOEIS was a river-god of the Troad in Mysia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).
The River Satnioeis had its headwaters on the slopes of Mount Ida and flowed west to empty into the Aegean Sea between the towns of Khryse (Chryse) and Hamaxitos in the south-western corner of the Troad. Neighbouring rivers were the Skamandro (Scamander) to the north and Kaikos (Caicus) to the south-east.
PARENTS
OFFSPRING
Presumably NAIAS SATNIOEIS
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Homer, Iliad 14. 440 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) :
"Satnios [a Trojan killed by Aias (Ajax) in the Trojan War], Enops' son, whom the perfect Nymphe Neis (Naiad Nymph) had borne once to Enops, as he tended his herds by Satnioeis River."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C.
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