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Alpheus
Chief river of the Peloponnese, sacred, flowing past Olympia.
Reading notes
- Medea §75 sacred Alpheus
The chief river of the Peloponnese, flowing past Olympia.
- Natural Questions §3.1.1 the Elean river
The Alpheus of Elis in the Peloponnese, fabled to run beneath the sea and resurface as the spring Arethusa in Sicily; the quoted line is Lucilius's own verse.
- Natural Questions §3.26.5 the Alpheus
River of Elis believed to dive beneath the sea from Achaia and rise as Arethusa in Sicily.
- Thyestes §101 Alpheus
The chief river of the Peloponnese, flowing past Olympia.