Alpheios River
The Alpheios is a river running through the regions of Elis and Arkadia in Peloponnese, named after the river-god Alpheus.
The Altar of Zeus is located within the Sanctuary of Olympia in the Valley of Olympia, and it was said to have been made with the sacrificial ash of the burnt oxen that was mixed with the water from the river located near the Sanctuary.[1]
History
During the Peloponnesian War, a military camp was set up along the river and named after it.[2]
When the Alpheios flooded in the Middle Ages along with the river Kladeos, the Sanctuary of Olympia was buried under four meters of silt, and was eventually rediscovered in the 19th century.[3]
Mythology
According to the Greek mythology, Alpheus was along with Pineios from Thessaly, the river which aided the hero Herakles to clean up the stable of king Augeias as part of his tasks.[4]
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: Altar of Zeus
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: Kladeos
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: The Augean Stables