Editing Asopus (section)

{{Short description|Name of a Greek god and several rivers}}
{{for multi|the town in ancient Laconia|Asopus (Laconia)|the city of Asia Minor|Laodicea on the Lycus}}

'''Asopus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|s|oʊ|p|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀ̄σωπός}} ''Āsōpos'') is the name of four different [[river]]s in [[Greece]] and one in [[Turkey]]. In [[Greek mythology]], it was also the name of the [[God (male deity)|gods]] of those rivers. [[Zeus]] carried off [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]], Asopus' daughter, and [[Sisyphus]], 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.