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Elis, but the name has been given to the whole river. The Alpheus proper rises near Asea; but its passage thither by 'subterranean channels from the Tegean See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and its See also:

union with the Eurotas are probably mythical (see W. Loring, in Journ. See also:

HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell. Studies, xv. p. 67). It consists for the most See also:

PART

part of a shallow and rapid stream, occupying but a small part of its broad, stony See also:

bed. It empties itself into the Ionian See also:

sea. See also:

Pliny states that in ancient times it was navigable for six See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from its mouth.

Alpheus was recognized in cult and myth as the chief or typical river-See also:

god in the Peloponnesus, as was See also:

ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

Achelous in See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

GREECE

Greece. His See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters were said to pass beneath the sea and rise again in the See also:

FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain See also:

ARETHUSA

Arethusa at See also:

Syracuse; such is the earlier version from which later mythologists and poets evolved the See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar myth of the loves of Alpheus and Arethusa.

End of Article: ALPHEUS ('AAdseaos; mod. Ruphia)

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