Adria (river)

Adria (Greek: Ἀδρίας) was a former channel of the Po river delta, passing by the town of Adria, that ceased in the 1st century BC.

This river was mentioned by Hecataeus,[1] by Theopompus[2] and by Ptolemy.[a]

Hecataeus asserts that the Adriatic sea and the town of Adria were named after this river.[3]

  1. ^ Ap. Steph. Byz. s. v.
  2. ^ Ap. Strabo vii. p. 317
  3. ^ Bonomi, pp. 241–43.


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