River-god of Asia Minor, born to Oceanus and Tethys — the turning, twisting Maeander of Hesiod's catalogue, whose daughter Cyane bore Byblis and Caunus to Miletus in Ovid's Milesian tale.1
Hesiod names Meander among the eddying rivers Tethys bore to Ocean — in one breath with deep-swirling Eridanus, Strymon, and Alpheus in the first genealogy of waters.2
When Phaethon's fall set the world ablaze, Ovid counts Meander among the rivers that burned — turning and twisting with Peneus, Caicus, Inachus, and Alpheus in the universal conflagration that followed the youth's doomed chariot-ride.3
Near the Maeander's course, Ovid sets the Milesian tragedy: Cyane, daughter of the river, was united with Miletus and bore the twins Byblis and Caunus — the nymph whose unlawful love for her brother became a warning tale of Asia Minor.4
Hyginus names Maeandrus among the Rivers born of Oceanus and Tethys in his genealogical preface — the wandering stream of Asia Minor in the same divine brood as Sangarius, Scamander, and Alpheus.5
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