Arethusa (mythology)
Set of mythological Greek characters
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In Greek mythology, Arethusa (/ˌærɪˈθjuːzə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα) may refer to the following personages:
- Arethusa, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1] She was counted in the train of Cyrene along with her sister Opis, Deiopea and Ephyra.[2]
- Arethusa, a nymph of a spring who was pursued by the river god Alpheus. She was a huntress and attendant of Artemis.[3] She may be the same with the above Arethusa.
- Arethusa, one of the Hesperides according to Apollodorus.[4][5][6][7]
- Arethusa, the Boeotian daughter of Hyperes,[8] son of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone. She was the mother of Abas, king of the Abantians in Euboea by Poseidon.[9] The god had intercourse with Arethusa in Boeotian Euripus and was changed into a fountain in Chalcis by Hera.[8]
- Arethusa, a Euboean princess as daughter of King Abas and thus, granddaughter of the above Arethusa. She was the sister of Alcon, Dias[10] and probably, of Canethus[11] and Chalcodon.[12]
- Arethusa, a Cretan woman, whose son was killed in the Trojan War. She was married to Thersander and their son was Hyllus.[13]
- Arethusa, one of Actaeon's dogs.[14]
- Arethusa, an Ithacan woman who killed herself and gave her name to a spring after the death of her son Corax.[15]
