Cephissus (mythology)


Cephissus commonly spelled Kephissos or Kifisos is a river god of ancient Greece, associated with the river Cephissus in Attica and/or with the river Cephissus in Boeotia, both in Greece. He was a son of Pontus and Thalassa.
The same author names as daughters of this Cephissus:
A mortal son of Cephissus was Eteocles by Euippe, daughter of Leucon, son of Athamas. This Euippe was wife of King Andreus of Orchomenus and Eteocles inherited Andreus' throne. Eteocles or Eteoclus, son of Cephissus, is confirmed from Hesiod's Catalogue and Pindar. He first made offering to the Charites by the side of the river Cephissus.
Cephissus was also father of Narcissus according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hyginus, and Statius' Thebaid, Narcissus' mother being an otherwise unknown naiad named Liriope according to Ovid.