Imbrasos (, Imvrasos), is a river on the Greek island of

Samos Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait. It is also a separate reg ...

. The source of the river is located on mount Ambelos, near the village of . From there it flows southeast to and then enters the sea on the south side of the island at . In ancient times, it had the epithet ''Parthenios'' ('of the maiden'), because the goddess

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was said to have been born on its bank under a lygos tree. The site became the Heraion, which was the main ancient sanctuary on the island. The river god Imbrasos was often depicted on Samian coinage, sometimes holding a peacock. In mythology, his wife was the nymph Chesias. Their daughter, Ocyrrhoe, was loved by

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