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Achelous, in Greek mythology

Achelous (ăk'əlō`əs), in Greek mythology, river god; son of Oceanus and Tethys. He possessed the power to appear as a bull, a serpent, or a bullheaded man. Hercules defeated him and broke off one of his horns, which, according to one legend, became the cornucopia cornucopia , in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. Some legends designate it as a horn of the river god Achelous, others as a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
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Achelous, river, Greece

Achelous: see Akhelóos Akhelóos or Achelous , river, 137 mi (221 km) long, rising in the Pindus Mts., NW Greece, and flowing generally south, traversing many mountain gorges, and emptying into the Ionian Sea opposite Keffallinía.
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No references found			Moreover you have a great river hard by if he can be of any use to you, but there is no fighting against Jove the son of Saturn, with whom not even King Achelous can compare, nor the mighty stream of deep-flowing Oceanus, from whom all rivers and seas with all springs and deep wells proceed; even Oceanus fears the lightnings of great Jove, and his thunder that comes crashing out of heaven. The Iliad by Homer View in context 334-345) And Tethys bare to Ocean eddying rivers, Nilus, and Alpheus, and deep-swirling Eridanus, Strymon, and Meander, and the fair stream of Ister, and Phasis, and Rhesus, and the silver eddies of Achelous, Nessus, and Rhodius, Haliacmon, and Heptaporus, Granicus, and Aesepus, and holy Simois, and Peneus, and Hermus, and Caicus fair stream, and great Sangarius, Ladon, Parthenius, Euenus, Ardescus, and divine Scamander. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context			Ach, Narziss Achaea Achaean Achaean League Achaeans Achaemenian dynasty Achaemenid architecture Achaemenids Achaenodontidae achaetous Achaeus Achai of Shabcha achalasia achalasia of the cardia Achan Achard, Franz Karl Acharian, Rachiia Acharian, Rachiia Akopovich Achates Achbor ache Acheampong, Ignatius Kutu acheb Achebe Achebe, Chinua Achelous Achelous River Achene Achenwall, Gottfried Achernar Acheron Acheson Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Edward Acheson, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Lila Bell Acheulean Acheulean industry Acheulean Stage Acheulian achiasmate achievement age achievement quotient achilary Achill Achill Island Achille Claude Debussy Achille Francois Bazaine Achille François Bazaine Achille Mario Dogliotti			Achebe Achebe Achebe, Chinua Achebe, Chinua ached ached ached ached Achee ACHEFT Acheh Acheh Human Rights Online Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front Achehnese Students Association ACHEI acheilia acheiria Acheiropodia Acheiropodia Acheiropodia Acheiropodia Acheiropodia Acheiropodia acheiropody acheiropody Acheloides Acheloides Acheloos River Acheloues Acheloues Achelous Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous River Acheminement Multiple Intelligent Routing Scheme Achemon AChemS Achems razor Achems razor Achems razor Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Achenbach Graphics Arts Council Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment achene achene Achenes Achenes Acheng Zhong achenial achenial Achenwall, Gottfried Achephali Acher Achernar Achernar Acheron Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic

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