Meilichos

Meilichos
Meilichos
	The Roman bridge across Meilichos in Ampelokipoi, a neighbourhood of Patras
Location
Country	Greece
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Skioessa
Mouth
• location	Gulf of Patras
• coordinates	38°16′10″N 21°44′19″E / 38.2695°N 21.7385°E
Length	approximately 10 km (6.2 mi)

Meilichos (Greek: Μείλιχος, Latin: Meilichus^[1]) is a torrent in the northwestern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows from a spring near Skioessa near the northern part of the Panachaiko mountain west of the ravine of Charadros to the Gulf of Patras. It passes north of Skioessa, under a viaduct of Motorway 5, through the village Sychaina, now a neighbourhood of Patras, it empties west of the neighbourhood of Agyia.

In antiquity there was a temple of Artemis Triklaria near the river,^[2] but this has not yet been found by archaeologists. Near the intersection of present-day Aretha Street and the Greek National Road 8A in the Patras neighbourhood of Ampelokipoi, a bridge from the Roman era has been excavated. It currently has a covering which protects the structure from rain.

References[edit]

^ Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Achaia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 13.
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.22.11

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[DGRG-1] Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Achaia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 13.

[2] Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.22.11

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