Harpasus, and a second Marsyas in the south. Physical description The Maeander is a deep river, but not very broad. In many parts its depth equals its breadth and, so, it is navigable only by small craft. It frequently overflows its banks and, as a result of the quantity of mud it deposits at its mouth, the coast has been pushed about 20 or 30 stadia further into the sea and several small islands off the coast have become united with the mainland. Mythology The associated river god was also called Meander, one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys. There was a legend about a subterranean connection between the Maeander and the Alpheus River in Elis. See also Küçük Menderes Battle of the Meander Notes References . . Xenophon, Anabasis, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1980. OCLC 10290977. . Thonemann, P., The Maeander Valley: A historical geography from Antiquity to Byzantium (Cambridge, 2011) (Greek Culture in the Roman World Series) Anatolia Caria Rivers of Turkey Phrygia National parks of Turkey Landforms of Denizli Province Landforms of Afyonkarahisar Province Landforms of Aydın Province