Elissonas (Corinthia)

The Elissonas (Greek: Ελισσώνας) or Helisson (Ancient Greek: Ἑλισσών)[1] is a small river that flows entirely in the Sikyona municipality, in Corinthia, in the northeastern Peloponnese in Greece. The river begins near the village of Gonoussa and empties into the Gulf of Corinth near the centre of Kiato. The ancient city Sicyon was situated on a plateau between the rivers Asopus to the east and Helisson to the west.[2]

Elissonas
Location
CountryGreece
Physical characteristics
SourceCorinthia
Mouth 
 • location
Gulf of Corinth
 • coordinates
38.0152°N 22.7486°E / 38.0152; 22.7486

See also
  • List of rivers in Greece

References
  1. Pausanias Description of Greece 2.12.2
  2.  Smith, William, ed. (1857). "Sicyon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2. London: John Murray. p. 990.


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