Triton
Τρίτων
Triton (Τρίτων, Diod. 5.72), a river of Crete at the source of which Athene was said to have been born. From its connection with the Omphalian plain, it is identified with the river discharging itself into the sea on the N. coast of the island which is called Platypérama, but changes its name to Ghiófiro as it approaches the shore. (Pashley, Travels, vol. i. p. 225.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 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.