Enipeus

Ĕnīpeus (trisyl.), i, m., = Ἐνῖπεύς.

• A river in Thessaly that flows into the Penēus, Verg. G. 4, 368; Luc. 7, 116; as a river-god, the lover of Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus, and by her the father of Pelias and Neleus, Prop. 1, 13, 21; 3, 19, 13 (4, 18, 13 M.); Ov. M. 6, 116; Hyg. Fab. 157: voc. Enīpeu, Ov. M. 7, 229.—
• II A river in Pieria, Liv. 44, 8, 2; 44, 20, 3.—
• III A Roman youth, Hor. C. 3, 7, 23.

Enīpe͡us, peī, Akk. pea, Vok. pe͡u, m. (Ἐνιπεύς), I) ein Fluß in Thessaliotis, der sich in den Apidanos ergießt, j. Carissa, Verg. georg. 4, 368. Lucan. 7, 116. – im Mythus der Gott dieses Flusses, in dessen Gestalt Poseidon mit der Tyro, Tochter des Salmoneus, den Pelias u. Nereus zeugte, Prop. 1, 13, 21 u.a. Ov. met. 6, 116; 7, 229. – II) ein Fluß in Pieria (Thessalien), der aus dem Olympus kommt u. in der Nähe von Dium in den Sinus Thermiacus sich ergießt, Liv. 44, 8, 2 u. 20, 3.

Ĕnīpeūs, (14) ĕī (ĕos ) m. (Ἐνιπεύς), lʼÉnipée [fleuve de Thessalie] : Virg. G. 4, 368 ; Luc. 7, 116 || fleuve de Macédoine : Liv. 44, 8, 2.

ENIPEUS

ENI´PEUSa river of the Macedonian Pieria,which is described by Livy (Liv. 44.8) as descending from a valley of Olympus, and as enclosed between high and precipitous banks, containing little water in summer, but full of quicksands and whirlpools in wintry weather. In B.C. 169, Perseus placed his, army at a distance of 5 M. P. from Dium, behind the Enipeus, and occupied the line of the river. The description of the historian, and its distance from Dium, correspond to the river of Litokhóro, which has its origin in the highest parts of the woody steeps of Olympus, and flows in a wide bed between precipitous banks, which gradually diminish in height to the sea. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. pp. 406, 420.)

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ENIPEUS

ENI´PEUS(Ἐνίπευς.

sometimes Ἐνισεύς).

1.

Strab. 8. p. 356; Eustath. ad Od. 11.328: Fersalíti, one of the principal rivers of Thessaly, rises in Mount Othrys, and after flowing through the plain of Pharsalus, flows into the Peneus. Its chief tributary was the Apidanus, which rises at the foot of the mountains of Phthia, probably at the springs of Vrysiá. The Apidanus is sometimes represented as the principal of the two rivers, and its name given to the united stream flowing into the Peneus. Herodotus relates that the Apidanus was the only river in Achaea, of which the waters were not drunk up by the army of Xerxes. (Strab. 9. p. 432, comp. 8. p. 356; Eurip. Hec. 451; Hdt. 7.196; Apollon. 1.35.) The Enipeus is a rapid river, and is therefore called by Ovid irrequietus Enipeus( Met. 1.579), an epithet which, as Leake remarks, is more correct than Lucan's description (6.374):-- it gurgite raptoApidanus; nunquamque celer, nisi mixtus, Enipeus.

The Cuarius flowed into the Enipeus after its junction with the Apidanus. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iv. pp. 320, 330.) Respecting the river god Enipeus, see Dict. of Biogr. and Myth. s. v.

2.

A river of Elis in the Pisatis, called Barnichius in the time of Strabo, flowed into the Alpheius at no great distance from its mouth. Near the sources of this river stood Salmone. (Strab. 8. p. 356.) [SALMONE]

Enīpeus

(Ἐνιπεύς). (1) A river in Thessaly, rising in Mount Othrys, receiving the Apidanus, near Pharsalus, and flowing into the Peneus (Ovid, Met. i. 579). Poseidon assumed the form of the god of this river in order to obtain possession of Tyro, who was in love with Enipeus. She became by Poseidon the mother of Pelias and Neleus.

(2) A small river in Pisatis (Elis) flowing into the Alpheus.

Enipeus Enipeus, a river in Thessaly

• Hdt. 7.129
• loved by Tyro: Apollod. 1.9.5