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Rhodius
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(Ῥόδιος/Rhódios). River in the Troad (Hom. Il. 12,20), modern Koca Çay. It rises in the Ida [2] mountains and flows into the Hellespont between Abydus and Dardanus (Str. 13,1,28). The towns of Gordus and Cleandrea were in its source region (Str. 13,1,44). Coins from Dardanus that date to the Roman period show the river god R. (SNG Danish Nat. Mus., Troas, no. 310).

Bibliography

L. Bürchner, s. v. R. (2), RE 1 A, 956 

W. Leaf, Strabo on the Troad, 1923, 207 f. 

J. M. Cook, The Troad, 1973, 55.

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Schwertheim, Elmar (Münster), “Rhodius”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1022590>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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