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{{Short description|River of the Trojan plain and god in Greek mythology}}
[[Image:Achilles Xanthos Simoeis Couder decoration Louvre INV3379.jpg|thumb|right|''Water, or the fight of Achilles against Scamander and Simoeis'' by [[Auguste Couder]] (1819), decoration of the Rotonde d'Apollon in the [[Palais du Louvre]].]]

'''Simoeis''' or '''Simois'''<ref>Or ''Simoïs''</ref> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|m|oʊ|ᵻ|s}} ({{langx|grc|Σιμόεις}} ''Simóeis'') was a river of the [[Troy|Trojan]] plain, now called the [[Dümruk Su]] (Dümrek Çayı),<ref>{{Cite Barrington|56}}</ref> and the name of its god in [[Greek mythology]].

==River==
The Simoeis was a small river of the [[ancient Troad]], having its source in [[Mount Ida (Turkey)|Mount Ida]], or more accurately in [[Mount Cotylus]], which passed by [[Troy]], joined the [[Scamander River]] below that city. This river is frequently spoken of in the ''[[Iliad]]'', and described as a rapid mountain torrent.<ref>{{Cite Iliad|4.475, 5.774, 12.22, 21.308}}</ref> The river is also noted by the ancient geographers [[Strabo]],<ref>{{Cite Strabo|xiii. p.597}}</ref> [[Ptolemy]],<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|5.2.3}}</ref> [[Stephanus of Byzantium]],<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.'' Σιμόεις}}</ref> [[Pomponius Mela]],<ref>{{Cite Mela|1.18}}</ref> and [[Pliny the Elder]].<ref>{{Cite Pliny|5.33}}</ref> Its present course is so altered that it is no longer a tributary of the Scamander, but flows directly into the [[Hellespont]].

== Family ==
Like other river-gods, Simoeis was the son of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Simois 342] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 366–370]</ref> Simoeis had two daughters who were married into the Trojan royal family. One daughter, [[Astyoche]], was married to [[Erichthonius of Dardania|Erichthonius]], and the other daughter, [[Hieromneme]] was the wife of [[Assaracus]].

== Mythology ==
When the gods took sides in the [[Trojan War]], Simoeis supported the Trojans. [[Scamander]], another river who also supported the Trojans, called upon Simoeis for help in his battle against [[Achilles]]:<blockquote>''"Come to my aid with all speed, fill your streams with water from your springs, stir up all your torrents, stand high in a great wave, and rouse a mighty roar of timbers and rocks, so we can stop this savage man'' ''who in his strength is raging like the gods."'' (''[[Iliad]]'', 21.311-15).</blockquote>Before Simoeis could respond, [[Hephaestus]] was able to save Achilles by subduing Scamander with flame.

== Trojan descendants ==
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== References ==
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* March, J. ''Cassell's Dictionary Of Classical Mythology''. London, 1999.

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