Chŏaspes (Chŏaspis, Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 15), is, m., = Χοάσπης.
- I. A river in Susiana, distinguished for its pure water, from which the Persian kings drank, now Kerrah, Kerkhah, or Kara-su, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35: regia lympha, Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.
Personified, as a river-god, Val. Fl. 5, 584.
- II. A river in India, now Kabul (acc. to others, the Attok), Curt. 8, 10, 22.