Phison

Also known as: Pishon
Description: One of the rivers of paradise mentioned in Genesis; Jerome identifies it with a very wide river that Apollonius crossed on his way to the Brahmans

One of the rivers of paradise mentioned in Genesis; Jerome identifies it with a very wide river that Apollonius crossed on his way to the Brahmans.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Apollonius crossed the very wide river Phison to reach the Brahmans
"having crossed the very wide river Phison, he reached the Brahmans"