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Asopus
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<p>Asopus is the name of four different <a href="/facts/River/GxdjEX21">rivers</a> in <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a> and one in <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a>. In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, it was also the name of the <a href="/facts/God_(male_deity)/246vmEpx">gods</a> of those rivers. <a href="/facts/Zeus/9wTwkEDt">Zeus</a> carried off <a href="/facts/Aegina_(mythology)/YrBXFmmL">Aegina</a>, Asopus' daughter, and <a href="/facts/Sisyphus/TcLKAhyg">Sisyphus</a>, who had witnessed the act, told Asopus that he could reveal the identity of the person who had abducted Aegina, but in return Asopus would have to provide a perennial fountain of water at Corinth, Sisyphus' city. Accordingly, Asopus produced a fountain at Corinth, and pursued Zeus, but had to retreat for fear of Zeus' terrible thunderbolt. </p>