Pēneus

, a river of The aly, rising on mount Pindus, and falling into the Therme an gulf, after a wandering course between mount O a and Olympus, through the plains of Tempe. It received its name from Peneus, a son of Ocean us and Tethys. The Peneus anciently inundated the plains of The aly, till an earthquake separated the mountains O a and Olympus, and formed the beautiful vale of Tempe, where the waters formerly stagnated. From this circumstance, therefore, it obtained the name of Arexes, ab ἀρασσω , scindo . Daphne the daughter of the Peneus, according to the fables of the mythologists, was changed into a laurel on the banks of this river. This tradition arises from the quantity of laurels which grow near the Peneus. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 1 , li. 452 , . — Strabo , bk. 9 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .— Virgil , Georgics , bk. 4 , li. 317 .— Diodorus , bk. 4 .――Also a small river of Elis in Peloponnesus, better known under the name of Araxes. Pausanias , bk. 6 , ch. 24 .— Strabo , bks. 8 & 11.