[genus] Alpheus is a genus of snapping shrimp of the family Alpheidae. This genus contains in excess of 250 species, making this the most species-rich genus of shrimp. Like other snapping shrimp, the claws of Alpheus are asymmetrical, with one of the claws enlarged for making a popping noise. Some species in the genus enter into symbiotic r...
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[mythology] Alpheus or Alpheios (s; Ἀλφειός, meaning `whitish`), was in Greek mythology a river (the modern Alfeios River) and river-god. Like most river-gods, he is a son of Oceanus and Tethys. Telegone, daughter of Pharis, bore his son, the king Orsilochus. Through him, Alpheus was the grandfather of Diocles, and great-grandfather...
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(from the article `Arethusa`) The river god Alpheus fell in love with Arethusa, who was in the retinue of Artemis. Arethusa fled to Ortygia, where she was changed into a spring. ... The shallow, gravelly stream receives its name from the ancient river god of the Peloponnese, Alpheus, whose waters were said to pass beneath the ... [2 ...
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river god father to Greek royalty. As a hunter he pursued the nymph Arethusa, and turned himself into a river when she became a well to avoid him. In another telling he pursued Artemis, but she put mud on her face, as did her companions, and he could not tell her apart from them. Heracles changed the course of the Alpheus to clean the Augean Stable...
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