Alpheus

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Greek mythological figure deity river god

Alpheus is a river god in Greek mythology, often featured in myths involving his pursuit of the nymph Arethusa and his subterranean river.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
river god Alpheus	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological figure ⓘ deity ⓘ river god ⓘ
associatedDeity	Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Arethusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Ortygia NERFINISHED ⓘ river Alpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ spring of Arethusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultType	local river cult ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain	rivers ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
groupMemberOf	Potamoi NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	pursuit of the nymph Arethusa ⓘ subterranean river ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
motif	love and pursuit ⓘ union of river and spring ⓘ
mythType	pursuit myth ⓘ
nameInGreek	Ἀλφειός (Alpheios) NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeEvent	pursues Arethusa from Greece to Ortygia ⓘ river waters mingle with spring of Arethusa ⓘ
offspring	King of Ortygia (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Orsilochus (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
parent	Alpheus (river) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nereus (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tethys NERFINISHED ⓘ
pursued	Arethusa NERFINISHED ⓘ
representedAs	bearded man with water-urn ⓘ river in human form ⓘ
sibling	Acheloos NERFINISHED ⓘ Peneus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scamander NERFINISHED ⓘ other river gods ⓘ
sourceText	Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias' Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindar's odes NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	river current ⓘ water ⓘ
transformationMotif	subterranean flow under the sea ⓘ
waterDeityType	potamos ⓘ
worshipPlace	Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Arethusa → associatedWith → Alpheus ⓘ

Alpheus Hyatt → givenName → Alpheus ⓘ

spring of Arethusa → hasMythologicalAssociation → Alpheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: river god Alpheus

river Alpheus → mythologicalRole → Alpheus ⓘ

subject surface form: Alpheus

this entity surface form: river god Alpheus

Arethusa → pursuedBy → Alpheus ⓘ