The great effusion of water in the celestial sphere, which, Aratus says, was the Nile, is still called the eridanus: and, as the name was of oriental original, the purport of it must be looked for among the people of those parts.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
Then, from his hand, Zeus cast the bolt, and the chariot was dashed into fragments, and Phaeton, his golden hair ablaze, fell, like a bright shooting star, from the heavens above, into the river eridanus.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
Page 336-page reference 344 amended to 244 in England entry; Eridamus amended to eridanus.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang