The Neda ( Greek : Νέδα ) is a river in the western Peloponnese in Greece . It is 31 km (19 mi) long, and its drainage area is 278 km (107 sq mi). It is unique in the sense that it is the only river in Greece with a feminine name.
3-465: It took its name from the nymph Neda . The river begins on the southern slope of Mount Lykaion , near the village of Neda in northern Messenia . It flows to the west through a varied landscape of barren rock and forests. From near Figaleia until its mouth it forms the border of Messenia and Elis . There is a well known waterfall near the village Platania . The Neda flows into the Gulf of Kyparissia ,
6-641: A Messenian or Arcadian nymph and one of the nurses of the child Zeus . The river Neda and a town in Arcadia named after her. In the Messenian account, Neda, together with another nymph Ithome , brought up and bathed the infant Zeus after he was stolen by the Curetes owing to the danger that threatened from his father. These nymphs gave their name to the river Neda and mountain Ithome . Meanwhile,
9-510: A bay of the Ionian Sea , near the village Giannitsochori . The Neda flows along the villages Neda , Kakaletri , Figaleia , Platania , Karyes and Giannitsochori . This article related to a river in Greece is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Neda (mythology) In Greek mythology , Neda ( Ancient Greek : Νέδα , romanized : Néda ) was
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