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Granicus

Γράνικος

(Γράνικος), a river god of Mysia, is described by Hesiod (Hes. Th. 342) as a son of Oceanus and Thetys. But according to Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v. Γραικός), the name Granicus was derived by some from Graecus, the son of Thessalus.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.