Achelous
God
Achelous (also Acheloos or Acheloios) (; Ancient Greek: Ἀχελώϊος, and later Ἀχελῷος, Akhelôios) was the god in ancient Greek religion and mythology associated with the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece. According to Hesiod, he was the son of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Wherefore as Zeus is mightier than rivers that murmur seaward, so mightier too is the seed of Zeus than the seed of a river. For lo, hard beside thee is a great River, if so be he can avail thee aught; but it may not be that one should fight with Zeus the son of Cronos. With him doth not even king Achelous vie,”
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The Feast of Achelous. Musée Granet. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124807319
The Feast of Achelous. Musée Granet. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124807319
Nicolas Bertin. Hercules fighting Achelous.. National Museum in Warsaw. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22981598
Nicolas Bertin. Hercules fighting Achelous.. National Museum in Warsaw. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22981598
Jan Brueghel the Younger. The Feast of Achelous. Dayton Art Institute. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67563950
Jan Brueghel the Younger. The Feast of Achelous. Dayton Art Institute. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67563950
Cornelis van Haarlem. Hercules and Achelous. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110232371
Cornelis van Haarlem. Hercules and Achelous. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110232371
Peter Paul Rubens. Hercules Wrestling with Achelous in the Form of a Bull. Apsley House. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119803177
Peter Paul Rubens. Hercules Wrestling with Achelous in the Form of a Bull. Apsley House. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119803177
Domenichino. Landscape with Hercules and Acheloüs. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18572407
Domenichino. Landscape with Hercules and Acheloüs. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18572407
Guido Reni. Hercules and Achelous. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18572424
Guido Reni. Hercules and Achelous. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18572424
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- Wikipedia · Achelous · CC BY-SA 4.0
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