place
Hermus
also: Ἕρμου, Ἕρμος
A major river of Lydia flowing past Sardis toward the sea near Smyrna; Epigram I unusually calls it a direct son of Zeus, rather than of Ocean as rivers are genealogized elsewhere.
Reading notes
- The Epigrams of Homer §1 Hermus
A major river of Lydia flowing past Sardis toward the sea near Smyrna; this line unusually calls it a direct son of Zeus, rather than of Ocean as rivers are genealogized elsewhere.