Gygaean lake
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the Gygaean lake
in the texts
Iliad
Lake associated with the birth of the Meonian leaders Mesthles and Antiphos.
Mesthles and Antiphos commanded the Meonians, sons of Talaimenes, born to him of the Gygaean lake.
your death is here, but your lineage is on the Gygaean lake where your father's estate lies, by Hyllos, rich in fish, and the eddying waters of Hermos.
The Histories
A lake in Lydia, said to be fed by ever-flowing springs, located beside the great tomb of Alyattes.
and there is a great lake hard by the tomb, which, the Lydians say, is fed by ever-flowing springs;