Cephissus
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
fair-flowing Cephissus
in the texts
Ion
Athenian river invoked by Ion as an ancestral figure ('father Cephissus') in his opening outburst against Creusa.
O father Cephissus, with the bull-shaped head, what a viper is this thy child, or dragon with fiery eyes that dart a murderous gleam, in whose heart is throned incarnate daring, noxious as those Gorgon drops of venom wherewith she sought to compass my death.
Medea
A river near Athens from which, in the Chorus's ode, Cypris draws water to breathe gentle breezes over the land.
and poets sing how Cypris drawing water from the streams of fair-flowing Cephissus breathes o’er the land a gentle breeze of balmy winds, and ever as she crowns her tresses with a garland of sweet rose-buds sends forth the Loves to sit by wisdom’s side, to take a part in every excellence.