Crinisus
Crinisus or Crimisus was a Sicilian river god in Roman mythology. According to Virgil's Aeneid (5.38) and Hyginus' Fabulae (273), Crinisus was the father of Acestes by a Dardanian woman.[1] There is much more information for the life of Acestes than for his 'father', Crinisus. Note that the spelling varies between the original Greek and subsequent Roman renderings.
The Battle of the Crimissus, fought at a crossing of this river, was an important turning point in the ancient world between Carthage and the Greek City State of Syracuse in 339 BC.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Segesta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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