Alpheus (deity)

A tetradrachm of Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse, minted c. 485 BC. The obverse depicts Alpheus, referring to the foundation myth of Syracuse.[1]

Alpheus or Alpheios (/ælˈfəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλφειός, meaning "whitish"), was in Greek mythology a river[2] (the modern Alfeios River) and river god.[3]

  1. ^ Lewis, "Two sides of the same coin", pp. 179–201.
  2. ^ Pindar, Nemean Odes 1.1
  3. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alpheias". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 133–134. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13.

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