See also:

• ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• RIVER

river ")  , the largest See also:

• RIVER

river in See also:

• GREECE

Greece (13o M.) . It rises in Mt . See also:

• PINDUS

Pindus, and, dividing See also:

• AETOLIA

Aetolia from See also:

• ACARNANIA

Acarnania, falls into the Ionian See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . In the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of its course the river winds through fertile, marshy plains . Its See also:

• WATER

water is charged with See also:

• FINE

fine mud, which is deposited along its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks and at its mouth, where a number of small islands (Echinades) have been formed . It was formerly called Thoas, from its impetuosity; and its upper portion was called by some Inachus, the name See also:

• ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

Achelous being restricted to the shorter eastern See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch . Achelous is coupled with Ocean by See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (Il. xxi . 193) as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and the name is given to several other rivers in Greece . The name appears in cult and in See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology as that of the typical river-See also:

• GOD

god; a See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend is that of his contest with Heracles for Deianira .