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Brongos AUTHOR Svetlana Yanakieva YEAR 2020 Βρόγγος, river name, one of the variants of the name of the (Great) Morava River in Serbia. Herodotus, who provides the only surviving testimony, informs us that river Angros (modern West Morava and its tributary Ibar) enters the Triballian plain and flows into river Brongos, while Brongos – into Danube […]
Continue readingGabranus AUTHOR Svetlana Yanakieva YEAR 2020 A river name mentioned in a decree by M. Laberius Maximus, which defines the territory of Histria. According to the text of the inscription, the river was one of the borders of the city’s territory. Various scholars identify it either with the modern Hadjiavat, or with Slava Rusă. The […]
Continue readingGangas AUTHOR Svetlana Yanakieva YEAR 2020 Γάγγας, Γαγγίτης is the name of a river in Thrace, in the area of Philippi. It is mentioned only by Appian (App. BC 4, 106). There is no consensus among researchers of Appian’s text regarding its identification. According to the publisher L. Mendelssohn, this is another variant of ’Αγγίτης. […]
Continue readingGeudos AUTHOR Svetlana Yanakieva YEAR 2020 River in Bithynia, modern Daali dere. It is mentioned by Pliny the Elder as Geodos. According to him, it has another name, Chrysorroas (Plin. NH 5, 148). The name appears as Γευδος in an inscription on coins from Nicaea, (Head 1887: 443), while in Nonnus is Γεῡδις (Nonn. Dion. […]
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