Asopus
place · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
nymphs of Asopus · streams of Asopus
in the texts
Heracles
River near Thebes whose nymphs are invoked to join the celebration of Heracles' victory over Lycus.
and joined with her you nymphs of Asopus, come from your father’s waves to add your voices to our hymn, the victor’s prize that Heracles has won.
I have come, and others with me, young warriors from the land of Athens, encamped at present by the streams of Asopus, to bring an allied army to your son, old friend.
Bacchae
A river near Thebes crossed by Pentheus and his companions on their way to Kithairon.
When we left the dwellings of the Theban land and crossed the streams of Asopus, we began to ascend the heights of Kithairon, Pentheus and I—for I was following my master—and the stranger who was our guide to the sight.