The Tragus or Tragos () is a river of northwestern Arcadia and southern

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

, Greece. It is a left tributary of the Ladon river. Its source is near the village of Nymfasia, it flows along Dara, and joins the Ladon near Zevgolatio.

Background

The ancient author Pausanias wrote that the river issues from the inner side of the embankment surrounding the city of

Caphyae Caphyae or Kaphyai () was a city of ancient Arcadia situated in a small plain, northwest of the lake of Orchomenus. It was protected against inundations from this lake by a mound or dyke, raised by the inhabitants of Caphyae. The city is said to h ...

near lake Orchomenus, after which it descends into a chasm of the earth, issuing again at a place called Nasi (); and that the name of the village where it issues is named Rheunus (). Older names of the Tragus are ''Tara'' and ''Daraiiko''.{{Barrington, 58

References

Landforms of Achaea Rivers of Peloponnese (region) Rivers of Western Greece Rivers of Greece