# Kanianitis

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The **Kanianitis** (Greek: Κανιανίτης) is a river in [Phocis](/source/Phocis), central [Greece](/source/Greece). It receives its water from the mountains [Oeta](/source/Mount_Oeta) and [Giona](/source/Mount_Giona). It flows through the villages [Kastellia](/source/Kastellia), [Gravia](/source/Gravia) and [Mariolata](/source/Mariolata), and flows into the [Cephissus](/source/Cephissus_(Boeotia)) near the village [Lilaia](/source/Lilaia_(village)) in the municipality of [Parnassos](/source/Parnassos_(municipality)). In antiquity, it was called **Pindos** or **Pindus** (Greek: Πίνδος).[1] The Pindus was a river of [ancient Phocis](/source/Ancient_Phocis) and [Doris](/source/Doris_(Greece)). The ancient cities [Lilaea](/source/Lilaea_(ancient_city)) and [Pindus](/source/Pindus_(city)) were situated on the river.[2]

## References

1. [History of Kastellia](http://www.kastellia.org.gr/%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1/)

1. "Pindus". Vol. 2. pp. 630–631.

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