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See also:ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:river ") , the largest river in See also:Greece (13o M.). It rises in Mt. See also:Pindus, and, dividing See also:Aetolia from See also:Acarnania, falls into the Ionian See also:Sea. In the See also:lower See also:part of its course the river winds through fertile, marshy plains. Its See also:water is charged with See also:fine mud, which is deposited along its See also:banks and at its mouth, where a number of small islands (Echinades) have been formed. It was formerly called Thoas, from its impetuosity; and its upper portion was called by some Inachus, the name Achelous being restricted to the shorter eastern See also:branch. Achelous is coupled with Ocean by See also:Homer (Il. xxi. 193) as See also:chief of See also:rivers, and the name is given to several other rivers in Greece. The name appears in cult and in See also:mythology as that of the typical river-See also:god; a See also:familiar See also:legend is that of his contest with Heracles for Deianira.
End of Article: ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")
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