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Halys River - definition of Halys River in Encyclopedia (187 words) |
 | In the Aeneid, Halys is a Trojan who defends Aeneas' camp from a Rutullian attack. |
| The Halys is the ancient Greek name for the longest river in Turkey, where it is known as Kızılırmak ("Red River"). |
| The Halys flows about 1 150 kilometers from the central Turkish plateau, first to the southwest, then to the north and northeast into the Black Sea. |
| Holman Bible Dictionary on StudyLight.org (2914 words) |
| The prophets Amos (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 46:8) used the Nile as the symbol of Egypt, a concept that is readily understood in terms of the river's historical importance to the survival and well-being of the country. |
| Halys River From its sources in the Armenian mountains, the Halys begins its 714-mile flow to the southwest only to be diverted by a secondary ridge into a broad loop until its direction is completely reversed into a northeasterly direction through the mountainous regions bordering the southern shore of the Black Sea. |
| Rivers of the Aegean Coast The broken Aegean coastline boasted a series of sheltered havens and inlets that prompted Greek colonization and the establishment the great harbor cities of the later Greek and Roman periods. |
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