Arethusa

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figure in Greek mythology nymph

Arethusa is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for her transformation into a freshwater spring to escape the river god Alpheus.

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Label Occurrences
Arethusa canonical 10

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
nymph ⓘ
appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 5
associatedMotif divine metamorphosis ⓘ
pursuit myth ⓘ
associatedRiver river Alpheus ⓘ
surface form: Alpheus River
associatedWith Alpheus ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Sicilian coinage of Syracuse ⓘ
goddess Artemis' retinue ⓘ
spring of Arethusa ⓘ
surface form: spring of Arethusa in Ortygia
category Characters in Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
Mythological Greek nymphs ⓘ
Naiads ⓘ
Water spirits in mythology ⓘ
cultOrLocalAssociation Ortygia ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
element water ⓘ
escapeMethod metamorphosis into water ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasDepictionType coin imagery ⓘ
fountain statue ⓘ
relief sculpture ⓘ
influenced later European literary treatments of nymphs ⓘ
knownFor flight from the river god Alpheus ⓘ
transformation into a freshwater spring ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses

Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece
locationAfterTransformation Ortygia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
medium classical literature ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
nameTransliteration Arethousa ⓘ
protector Artemis ⓘ
pursuedBy Alpheus ⓘ
residenceAfterTransformation spring of Arethusa ⓘ
roleInMyth beloved of Alpheus ⓘ
companion of Artemis ⓘ
symbolOf chastity ⓘ
flight from unwanted love ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
theme conflict between desire and chastity ⓘ
transformedInto fountain ⓘ
spring ⓘ
typeOfWaterDeity freshwater nymph ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nymphs of Greek mythology → notableMember → Arethusa ⓘ
Aegle → siblings → Arethusa ⓘ
Hesperia → siblings → Arethusa ⓘ
Erytheia → sibling → Arethusa ⓘ
Hespere → sibling → Arethusa ⓘ
Asterope → siblings → Arethusa ⓘ
spring of Arethusa → dedicatedTo → Arethusa ⓘ
Arethousa → nameVariant → Arethusa ⓘ
George Fuller (painter) → notableWork → Arethusa ⓘ
river Alpheus → mythologicalAssociation → Arethusa ⓘ
subject surface form: Alpheus