Achelous

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Achelous [ˌækɪˈləʊəs]

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns

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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			acetylic acetylide acetylise acetylize acetylsalicylic acid acey-deucy ACGI ach ach-laut ach-y-fi Achaea Achaean Achaean League Achaemenid Achaian achalasia Acharnement acharya Achate Achates Achatina Achatour ache Achean Achebe Achelous achene Achenial Achephali Achernar Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic Acheson Acheson process Acheta Acheta assimilis Acheta domestica Acheulian achievability achievable Achievance achieve achieved achievement achievement age achievement quotient achievement test achiever			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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