(Ἠριδανός/Ēridanós, Latin Eridanus).
[1] Personification of a river in the west of France or Spain
Mythical river in the (north) west (northern Italy, south of France or Spain), son of Oceanus and Tethys (Hes. Theog. 338). Phaeon plunged into the E. from his sun wagon and his sisters ( Heliades) were turned into black poplars on the banks of the E., and their tears into amber (Eur. Hipp. 736-741; Ov. Met. 2,324; 365; Hyg. Fab. 152; 154). …