Alpheus

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.

Alpheus may refer to:

• Alpheus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology.
• Alfeios River, the Greek river in 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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