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Acis

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Acis [ˈeɪsɪs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Sicilian shepherd and the lover of the nymph Galatea. In jealousy, Polyphemus crushed him with a huge rock, and his blood was turned by Galatea into a river


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