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{{Infobox river
| name = Inachos
| image =
| image_caption =
| source1_location = [[Argolis]], [[Greece]]
| mouth_location = [[Aegean Sea]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|37|35|8|N|22|44|57|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Greece]]
| length_km = 42
| length_ref = <ref>[http://soupios.chania.teicrete.gr/WM-Oct2012/Day1%20-%20SxediaDiaxeirisisYdatikonPoron/NorthPeloponessus/Paradoteo_KathorismosArmodionArxon_YD03.pdf ΚΑΘΟΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΗ ΑΡΜΟΔΙΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣΔΙΟΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗΣ ΑΣΚΗΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΜΟΔΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΔΑΤΙΚΟ ΔΙΑΜΕΡΙΣΜΑ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΥ (ΥΔ 03)] {{in lang|el}}</ref>
| source1_elevation =
| discharge1_avg =
| basin_size_km2 = 537.5
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The '''Inachos''' ({{langx|el|Ίναχος}}), also known as '''Panitsa''' ({{lang|el|Πάνιτσα}}), is a [[river]] in the [[Peloponnese]], southern [[Greece]]. Its source is in the mountains of western [[Argolis]], near the village [[Lyrkeia|Kaparelli]]. It flows into the [[Aegean Sea]] in [[Nea Kios]]. The Inachos was named after [[Inachus]], a mythical king of Argos, who introduced civilization to the area.

The Inachus rises, according to Pausanias (ii 25.3, 8.6.6), in Mt. Artemisium, on the borders of [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]], or, according to Strabo (''viii. p.370''), in Mt. Lyrceium, a northern offshoot of Artemisium. Near its sources it receives a tributary called the Cephissus, which rises in Mt. Lyrceium (''Strab. ix. p.424''; Aelian, '''Ael. VH 2.33'''.) It flows in a south-easterly direction, E. of the city of Argos, into the Argolic gulf. This river is often dry in the summer. Between it and the city of Argos is the mountain-torrent named Charadrus, which also rises in Mt. Artemisium, and which, from its proximity to Argos, has been frequently mistaken for the Inachus by modern travellers. It flows over a wide gravelly bed, which is generally dry in the summer, whence its modern name of [[Xerias (Argolis)|Xerias]], or the Dry River. It flows into the Inachus a little below Argos. It was on the banks of the Charadrus that the armies of Argos, on their return from military expeditions, were obliged to undergo a court of inquiry before they were permitted to enter the city. ('''Thuc. 5.60'''; comp. '''Paus. 2.25.2'''; Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 364, Peloponnesiaca, p. 267; Mure, vol. ii. p. 161.)

== References ==
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== Sources ==
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]] (1854). s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=argos-geo&highlight=inachus Argos]'' {{PD-notice}}

[[Category:Rivers of Greece]]
[[Category:Landforms of Argolis]]
[[Category:Rivers of Peloponnese (region)]]
[[Category:Drainage basins of the Aegean Sea]]

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