Alpheus

Related Category: Folklore and Mythology

(ălfē´əs), river god: see Arethusa.

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Arethusa - in Greek mythology, nymph favored by Artemis and loved by the river god Alpheus. While Arethusa was bathing in his stream, Alpheus rose up and tried to abduct her, but she fled under the ocean to the...