Meilichos
River in Greece
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Meilichos (Greek: Μείλιχος, Latin: Meilichus[1]) is a torrent in the northwestern part of Achaea, southern Greece. The river flows from a spring near Skioessa near the northern part of the Panachaiko mountain west of the ravine of Charadros to the Gulf of Patras. It passes north of Skioessa, under a viaduct of the A5 motorway, through the village Sychaina, now a neighbourhood of Patras, it empties west of the neighbourhood of Agyia.
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The Roman bridge across Meilichos in Ampelokipoi, a neighbourhood of Patras | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Greece |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Skioessa |
| Mouth | |
• location | Gulf of Patras |
• coordinates | 38.2695°N 21.7385°E |
| Length | approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) |
In antiquity there was a temple of Artemis Triklaria near the river,[2] but this has not yet been found by archaeologists. Near the intersection of present-day Aretha Street and the Greek National Road 8A in the Patras neighbourhood of Ampelokipoi, a bridge from the Roman era has been excavated. It currently has a covering which protects the structure from rain.
