GANGES
Greek Name
Γανγης
Transliteration
Gangês
Latin Spelling
Ganges
Translation
River Ganges
GANGES was a river-god of India in south Asia.
The Ganges is a large river in western India. Other rivers of the east which were personified by the ancient Greeks include the Indian Hydaspes, and the Assyrian Tigris and Euphrates.
PARENTS
OFFSPRING
LIMNAEE (Ovid Metamorphoses 5.47)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Ovid, Metamorphoses 5. 47 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"[In the court of the Ethiopian king Cepheus :] There was an Indian lad, Atthis, whom [the river] Ganges' daughter, Limnaee (of the Lake), bore beneath her crystal waters."
SOURCES
ROMAN
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.
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