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

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. T ...

, Greece. It is a left tributary of the

Ladon river The Ladon (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , ''Ládōn''; Demotic Greek: , ''Ládōnas'') is a river in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It features in Greek mythology. It is a tributary to the river Alfeios, which empties into the Ionian Se ...

. 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 ( grc, Καφύαι) was a city of ancient Arcadia situated in a small plain, northwest of the lake of Orchomenus (Arcadia), Orchomenus. It was protected against inundations from this lake by a mound or dyke, raised by the inhabit ...

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