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The
Liri (
Latin Liris, previously,
Clanis;
Greek: Λεῖρις) is one of the principal
rivers of central
Italy, flowing into the
Tyrrhenian Sea a little below
Minturno under the name
Garigliano.
The Liri's source is in the Monte Camiciola (1,701 m) in the
Monti Simbruini of central
Apennines (
Abruzzo,
comune of
Cappadocia): in the nearby is the
Lake Fucino, of which it has been sometimes, but erroneously, regarded as a subterranean outlet. It flows at first in a southeasterly direction through a long troughlike valley, parallel to the general direction of the Apennines, until it reaches the city of
Sora, after which it receives the waters of
Fibreno. A dam is built on the river after the conjunction with the
Sacco River at
Ceprano. The last important Liri's tributary is the
Melfa, with which it joins near
Aquino. After
Cassino it receives the waters of the river
Gari (or
Rapido), and afterwards it's known as
Garigliano.
The Liri-Garigliano system has a total water drainage basin of 5,020 km².
History
Both
Strabo and
Pliny tell us that it was originally called
Clanis, a name which appears to have been common to many Italian rivers; the former writer erroneously assigns its sources to the country of the
Vestini; an opinion which is adopted also by
Lucan. The Liris is noticed by several of the
Roman poets, as a very gentle and tranquil stream, a character which it well deserves in the lower part of its course, where it was described by a nineteenth century traveller as a wide and noble river, winding under the shadow of poplars through a lovely vale, and then gliding gently towards the sea.
At the mouth of the Liris near Minturnae, was an extensive sacred grove consecrated to
Marica, a nymph or local divinity, who was represented by a tradition, adopted by
Virgil, as mother of
Latinus, while others identified her with
Circe. Her grove and temple were not only objects of great veneration to the people of the neighboring town of Minturnae, but appear to have enjoyed considerable celebrity with the Romans themselves. Immediately adjoining its mouth was an extensive marsh, formed probably by the stagnation of the river itself, and celebrated in history in connection with the adventures of
Gaius Marius.
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