Alpheus
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A river of the Peloponnesus in southern Greece flowing about 113 km (70 mi) to the Ionian Sea.
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Alphēus (Alpheios), one of the largest rivers in Greece, rising in Arcadia in the Peloponnese and, after receiving many tributaries (including the Erymanthus and the Ladon), flowing through Elis to the Ionian Sea. The plain of Olympia is situated by the side of it. Its waters were fabled to pass unmixed through the sea and to be mingled with the fountain of Arethusa in the island of Ortygia near Syracuse; perhaps the subterranean passage of the river in the upper part of its course gave rise to this myth.
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Alphēus
Alpheus (ălfē'əs) or Alfiós (älfēôs'), river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Taygetus Mts., S Greece. The longest river in the Peloponnesus, it flows northwest through gorges, past Olympia, and onto the Olympia plains before entering the Ionian Sea. In Greek mythology, its waters were said to pass under the sea and to emerge at Syracuse (Italy) in the fountain of Arethusa. Hercules, to clean the stables of Augeas, turned the Alpheus through them. It is the river Alph of Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan. The lower Alpheus was formerly known as Rouphia.
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Alpheus
Alpheus may refer to:
- Alpheus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology.
- Alfeios River, the Greek river which the mythological god refers to.
- Alphaeus, a father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament.
- Alpheus Mytilenaeus, an ancient Greek poet
- Alpheus (genus), a genus of shrimp.
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