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Arethusa

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Arethusa, in Greek mythology

Arethusa (ărĭth`sə), in Greek mythology, nymph favored by Artemis and loved by the river god Alpheus. While Arethusa was bathing in his stream, Alpheus rose up and tried to abduct her, but she fled under the ocean to the isle of Ortygia. There Artemis changed her into a fountain. But Alpheus followed her and was himself changed into a river and united with her. In ancient times it was believed that the waters of the Alpheus River flowed beneath the sea from Greece and reappeared in the fountain of Arethusa in the harbor of Syracuse.

Arethusa, in botany

Arethusa: see orchid orchid, popular name for members of the Orchidaceae, a family of perennial herbs widely distributed in both hemispheres. The unusually large family (of some 450 genera and an estimated 10,000 to 17,500 species) includes terrestrial, epiphytic (see epiphyte ), and
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Arethusa
changed into stream by Artemis to save her from river god, Alpheus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 29]
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Arethusa
changed into stream by Artemis to save her from Alpheus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 29]
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Yes, Arethusa herself and Pandora, whom we all know by her box, looked down upon the two new managers of the Opera, who ended by clutching at some piece of wreckage and from there stared silently at Box Five on the grand tier.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
{124} by the fountain Arethusa, where they are fattening on beechmast and spring water after their manner.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Thorpe, the eldest boy, was old enough to go on the Arethusa, and Athelny regaled his family with magnificent descriptions of the appearance the lad would make when he came back in uniform for his holidays.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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