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Rhodius

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Rhodius or Rhodios (Ancient Ῥ) was a river of the ancient Troad, having its sources in Mount Ida, a little above the town of Astyra; it flowed in a northwestern direction, and after passing by Astyra and Cremaste, discharged itself into the Hellespont between Dardanus and Abydus. Strabo states that some regarded the Rhodius as a tributary of the Aesepus; but they must have been mistaken, as the river is mentioned on the coins of Dardanus. Pliny the Elder states that this ancient river no longer existed in his time; and some modern writers identify it with the Pydius mentioned by Thucydides. Strabo also writes that the towns of Cleandria and Gordus were located on this river.

Flows through: Turkey.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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