Alpheus (Alphe`us) , a river in the Peloponnesus, flowing west, with its source in Arcadia; also the name of the river-god enamoured of the nymph Arethusa, and who pursued her under the sea as far as Sicily, where he overtook her and was wedded to her.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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