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By the time you reach Olympia the Alpheius is a large and very pleasant river to see, being fed by several tributaries, including seven very important ones. The Helisson joins the Alpheius passing through Megalopolis ; the Brentheates comes out of the territory of that city; past Gortyna , where is a sanctuary of Asclepius, flows the Gortynius; from Melaeneae, between the territories of Megalopolis and Heraea , comes the Buphagus; from the land of the Clitorians the Ladon ; from Mount Erymanthus a stream with the same name as the mountain. These come down into the Alpheius from Arcadia ; the Cladeus comes from Elis to join it. The source of the Alpheius itself is in Arcadia , and not in Elis .
By the time you reach Olympia the Alpheius is a large and very pleasant river to see, being fed by several tributaries, including seven very important ones. The Helisson joins the Alpheius passing through Megalopolis ; the Brentheates comes out of the territory of that city; past Gortyna , where is a sanctuary of Asclepius, flows the Gortynius; from Melaeneae, between the territories of Megalopolis and Heraea , comes the Buphagus; from the land of the Clitorians the Ladon ; from Mount Erymanthus a stream with the same name as the mountain. These come down into the Alpheius from Arcadia ; the Cladeus comes from Elis to join it. The source of the Alpheius itself is in Arcadia , and not in Elis .
Description of Greece. Pausanias. W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1935.
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