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The name (in Greek) Αλιάκμονας is composite and derives from άλας (salt, sea) and άκμων (anvil). In Greek mythology Haliakmon was one of the river gods, who were sons of Oceanus and Tethys, according to the allegorical obsessive-anthropomorphic concept familiar to the Ancient Greeks, on geological upheaval after Deucalion's deluge.
Haliacmon (or Aliacmon, Ancient Greek: Ἁλιάκμων) was in Greek mythology a son of Oceanus and Thetis. He was a minor river god in his own right, of the eponymous Haliacmon in Macedonia . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In other mythological traditions he was the son of Palaestinus and grandson of Poseidon . [ 3 ]
This material supports the observation that Macedonian personal names have a predominantly Greek character. [195] Macedonian toponyms and hydronyms are mostly of Greek origin (e.g. Aegae, Dion, Pieria, Haliacmon), as are the names of the months of the Macedonian calendar and the names of most of the deities the Macedonians worshiped.
Expulsion of the Pieres from the region of Olympus to the region of Pangaion by the Macedonians. The Pieres (Ancient Greek,"Πίερες") were a Thracian tribe [1] connected with the Brygi, [2] that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Peneius and the Haliacmon [3] rivers, at the foot of the great woody steeps ...
According to Plutarch, the river Inachus had before borne the name of Carmanor or Haliacmon. Afterwards it was called after Inachus, the son of Oceanus. After Zeus had deflowered his daughter Io, Inachus pursued the deity close at the heels, abusing and cursing him all the way as he went.
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Haliacmon→ Aegean Sea The Moglenitsas ( Greek : Μογλενίτσας ) is a river in Almopia , northern Greece . [ 1 ] The river has its headwater in the Vermio Mountains of Macedonia , Greece and it flows into the Aliakmonas River near Kouloura , between Veria and Alexandreia , twenty kilometers west of Thessaloniki .
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