Euphrates was one of the 3,000 sons of Okeanos and Tethys. He was the river-god of Assyria West-Asia (what is now modern day Turkey and Iraq). Euphrates was one of the three major rivers in the mid-east. The others being Orontes and Tigris. There are however Potamoi as far west as India (Ganges & Hydaspes). Euphrates flowed south from eastern Anatola all the way down through the heart of Assyria.
Parents[]
Okeanos & Tethys
Ancient Text[]
From Ocean and Tethys the Oceanides - namely *yaea Melite, Ianthe, Admete, Stilbo, Pasiphae, Polyxo, Eurynome, Euagoreis, Rhodope, *lyris, Clytie, *teschinoeno, *clitenneste, Metis, Menippe, Argia. Of the same descent Rivers: Strymon, Nilus, Euphrates, Tanais, Indus, Cephisus, Ismenus, Axenus, Achelous, Simois, Inachus, Alpheus, Therodoon, Scamandrus, Tigris, Maeandrus, Orontes.