See also:

• ALPHEUS ('AAdseaos; mod. Ruphia)

ALPHEUS ('AAdseaos; mod. Ruphia)  , the See also:

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

chief See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus . Strictly Ruphia is the See also:

• MODERN

modern name for the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Laden, a tributary which rises in N.E . See also:

• ELIS
• ELIS, or ELEIA
• ELIS, PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF

Elis, but the name has been given to the whole river . The See also:

• ALPHEUS ('AAdseaos; mod. Ruphia)

Alpheus proper rises near Asea; but its passage thither by 'subterranean channels from the Tegean See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and its See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with the Eurotas are probably mythical (see W . Loring, in Journ . See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell . Studies, xv. p . 67) . It consists for the most See also:

• PART

part of a shallow and rapid stream, occupying but a small part of its broad, stony See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed . It empties itself 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 . See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny states that in ancient times it was navigable for six See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from its mouth . Alpheus was recognized in cult and myth as the chief or typical river-See also:

• GOD

god in the Peloponnesus, as was See also:

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

Achelous in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• GREECE

Greece .

His See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters were said to pass beneath the sea and rise again in the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain See also:

• ARETHUSA

Arethusa at See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse; such is the earlier version from which later mythologists and poets evolved the See also:

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

familiar myth of the loves of Alpheus and Arethusa .