Unsolved:Achelois

From HandWiki
Short description: Name attributed to several Greek mythological characters

Achelois (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελωίς, Ἀkhelōís means 'she who drives away pain'[1]) was a name attributed to several figures in Greek mythology.

  • Achelois, surname of the Sirens, the daughters of Achelous.[2]
  • Achelois, a general name for water-nymphs, as in Columella,[3] where the companions of the Pegasids are called Acheloides.
  • Achelois, a daughter of Pierus and one of the Pierides.[4][5]

Notes

  1. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 557. ISBN 9780241983386. 
  2. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.552 & 14.87; Apollodorus, 1.7.10.
  3. Columella, 10.263
  4. Tzetzes on Hesiod, Works and Days 6; Arnobius, Adversus Nationes 3.37
  5. Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. pp. 3. ISBN 9780874365818. 

References