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In Greek mythology, Eridanus ("the river") was considered one of the rivers of Hades by Virgil VI, 659. Herodotus III, 115 associated it with the river Po because the Po was located near the end of the Amber Trail. Amber originated from the tears of the Heliades shed when their brother, Phaeton, died and fell from the sky into the Eridanus.

In the Pleistocene, the current Baltic Sea was the river basin of a river, currently named as Eridanos. The glacier erosion during the last Ice Ages effectively destroyed this basin and made it into a shallow sea.

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EridanusThe name Eridanus can refer to: Eridanus, a river in Greek mythology. Eridanus, a southern constellation.

Eridanus (constellation)Eridanus (the river) is the sixth largest of the 88 modern constellations. It was also one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations. At its southern end is the first magnitude star Achernar (α Eri). Achernar is a very peculiar star because it is one of the fl

Eridanus (mythology)In Greek mythology, Eridanus ("the river") was considered one of the rivers of Hades by Virgil VI, 659. Herodotus III, 115 associated it with the river Po because the Po was located near the end of the Amber Trail. Amber originated from the tears of the H

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