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    The Ilisos or Ilisus (Greek: Ιλισός, [iliˈsos]) is a river in Athens, Greece. Originally a tributary of the Kifisos, it has been rechanneled to the sea...
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    Boreas was said to have kidnapped Orithyia, an Athenian princess, from the Ilisos. Boreas had taken a fancy to Orithyia and had initially pleaded for her...
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    suffer from similar atmospheric inversion problems. The Cephissus river, the Ilisos and the Eridanos stream are the historical rivers of Athens. By the late...
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    Greek: Πύθιον), this was the name of a shrine of Apollo at Athens near the Ilisos river. It was created by Peisistratos, and tripods were placed there by...
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    Etymology From Greek mythological character Aegeus Primary inflows Inachos, Ilisos, Spercheios, Pineios, Haliacmon, Vardar, Struma, Nestos, Maritsa Primary...
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  • Peloponnese Inachos (in Nea Kios) Central Greece Cephissus (in Athens) Eridanos Ilisos, Athens Asopos (in Skala Oropou) Spercheios (near Lamia) Gorgopotamos (near...
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    [iˈli.si.a]) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece, named after the river Ilisos. A portion of the neighborhood, Ano Ilisia (Upper Ilisia), is in Zografou...
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    arranged according to singular-plural pairs. 1 Before monosyllabic stems, e.g. iliso (eye), uluhlu (list). 2 is- and iz- replace isi- and izi- respectively before...
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  • hydronyms e.g. Ἀχελῷος, Akhelôios, Achelous; Γέλας, Gélās, Gela; Ἰλισός, Īlīsós, Ilisos; other geographical features e.g. Σούνιον, Soúnion, Sounion; mythological...
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    in the vicinity of Athens, Greece. Together with the neighbouring river Ilisos, it drains a catchment area of 420 km2 (160 sq mi). The Bibliotheca (3.15...
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