Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

Chapter 3 -- Roman Encyclopedists
Reported Disappearance Reported Reappearance
Arcadian Alpheus entering 2 kilometers of bushy
wetlands at the Ionian Sea. We'll revisit the lore of
Arcadia in Chapter 28.
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Arethusa Spring near Syracuse, Sicily,
or alternatively, on the Aegean island of
Tenedos, south of the Dardanelles.
Asopus flowing through Sicyon, northwest of Corinth Both Boeotia of modern Greece and
Anatolia of modern Turkey.
Inachus in Epirus Peloponnesus.
Waters in Italy Sicilian springs
The turbid Acheron in Epirus Acheron at Hercales Pontica (modern
Eregli, Turkey), seen by the Argonauts
Caspian Sea Black Sea
The Jordan at the Dead Sea
"Lost rivers" in western Spain.
The Tigris near its source in Anatolia
The map traces some of the reported
subterranean connections. Dots mark
reported submarine springs tabled
below.
Reported Submarine Springs
Dulcis Portus on the west coast of Epirus
Spring of Deine in the Argotic Gulf.
Cape Matapan, the southernmost point of Peloponnesus, perhaps a version of the actual
cavern discharge at Pirgos Diru.
Between the island of Aradus and the Phoenician mainland, 2 miles off the coast from Tripoli.
Between Baia and Ischia (island west of Naples) or near Pozzuouli, near Naples
Off the coast of Lycia on the southwestern Turkish Anatolian coast.
Côte d'Azuris or 20 kilometers southeast of Marseille
Near Cadiz in the Atlantic.
We'll return to such sites in Chapter 42, Submarine Springs and Submarine Rivers.
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