Rhyndacus

• a river between Mysia and Bithynia, now the Mualitsch, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142; 6, 34, 39, § 217; Mel. 1, 19, 3.

RHY´NDACUS (Ῥυνδακός), an important river in the province of Hellespontus, which has its sources at the foot of Mount Olympus in Phrygia Epictetus, near the town of Azani. (Scylax, p. 35; Plin. Nat. 5.40; Pomp. Mela, 1.19; Strab. 12. p. 576.) According to Pliny, it was at one time called Lycus, and had its origin in the lake of Miletopolis ; but this notion is incorrect. The river flows at first in a north-western direction, forming the boundary between Mysia and Bithynia, through the lake of Apollonia, and in the neighbourhood of Miletopolis receives the river Megistus, and discharges itself into the Propontis opposite the island of Besbicus. The Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius (1.1165) states that in later times the Rhyndacus, after receiving the waters of the Megistus, was itself called Megistus; but Eustathius (ad Hom. Il. 13.771) assures us that in his time it still bore the name of Rhyndacus. According to Valerius Flaccus (3.35) its yellow waters were discernible in the sea at a great distance from its mouth. In B.C. 73 Lucullus gained a victory over Mitlhridates on the banks of this river. (Plut. Luc. 11; comp. Plb. 5.17; Ptol. 5.1. § § 4, 8; Steph. B. s. v.) The Rhyndacus is now called Lupad, and after its union with the Megistus (Susughirli) it bears the name of Mohalidsh or Micalitza. (See Hamilton's Researches, 1. p. 83, &c.)

(Ῥυνδακός). Now Edrenos; a considerable river of Asia Minor. Rising in Mount Dindymené, opposite to the sources of the Hermus, it flows north through Phrygia, then turns northwest, then west, and then north through Lake Apolloniatis, into the Propontis. From the point where it left Phrygia, it formed the boundary of Mysia and Bithynia.