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A small river near Athens was named Eridanos in ancient times, and has been rediscovered with the excavations for construction of the Athens Metro.There were no serious scientific works that would investigate the connection of Eridanus with the Balkan hydronym for the river Drina, although such studies would be necessary, bearing in mind the ...
Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely; The Po River, according to Roman word usage; Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens, now subterranean
The Eridanos / ə ˈ r ɪ d ə ˌ n ɒ s / or Eridanus (/ ə ˈ r ɪ d ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography. Mythical stream
The Eridanos river system, projected on the map of the present European continent (text in Dutch). Eridanos, derived from the ancient Greek Eridanos, is one name given by geologists to a river that flowed where the Baltic Sea is now. [1]
Eridanus is a constellation which stretches along the southern celestial hemisphere. It is represented as a river . One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy , it remains one of the 88 modern constellations .
The Myzeqe plain is a large alluvial plain traversed by three main rivers, the Shkumbin, Seman and Vjosë. [2] The Vjosë gives a rough approximation of the southern extent of the Myzeqe, while the Shkumbin is roughly its northern extent. [3]
Maja e Thatë (lit. ' Dry Peak ') is a 2,406-metre-high (7,894 ft) mountain peak of the Albanian Alps (Accursed Mountains) in Albania. [1] [2] It is located within Valbonë Valley National Park, roughly 2 km (1 mi) northwest of Valbonë and rises more than 1,500 m (4,921 ft) above the village.
Type Image Symbol National flag [1]: Flag of Albania. The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë) is a red flag with a black double-headed eagle in the centre. A banner with a double-headed eagle is attested as having been used by several Albanian principalities since the early Middle Ages such as the Muzaka, Thopia, Kastrioti and Dukagjini families.