BATHY´NIAS
BATHY´NIAS (
Βαθύνιας), a river in Thrace, emptying itself into the Propontis not far from Byzantium. (
Plin. Nat. 4.18;
Ptol. 3.11.6.)
This river is probably the same as the one called Bathyrsus by Theophanes (vol. v. p. 340, ed. Bonn), and Bithyas by Appian (
App. Mith. 1).
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