In Greek mythology, Scamander (Skamandros) was an Oceanid, son of Oceanus and Tethys. By Idaea, he fathered Teucrus.
Scamander fought on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War (Iliad XX, 73; XXI, 1). In this context, he is the personification of the river that flowed from Mount Ida across the plain beneath the city of Troy, joining the Hellespont some five kilometers the north of the city. The Achaeans, according to Homer, had set up their camp near its mouth, and their battles with the Trojans were fought on the plain of Scamandros.
The modern name of the river is Karamenderes.
See also: Xanthos
Scamander is also the name of a town on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia.
