Peneus

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See also Pineios River (Thessaly) and Pineios River (Peloponnese).

In Greek mythology, Peneus (Πηνειός) was a river god, one of the three-thousand Rivers, a child of Oceanus and Tethys.

Eros, the Greek God of Love, shot Apollo, the Greek God of the sun, with one of his arrows, causing him to fall in love with the dryad Daphne, daughter of Ladon. It was Eros's plan that Daphne would scorn Apollo because Eros was angry that Apollo had made fun of his archery skills. Eros also claimed to be irritated by Apollo's singing. Daphne prayed to the river god Peneus to help her, changed her into a laurel tree, which later became sacred to Apollo - see Apollo and Daphne.

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• http://www.forumromanum.org/mythology/peneus.html