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- Achelous – Mythopedia
Achelous was the name of both the largest river in Greece—flowing from the Pindus Mountains to the Ionian Sea—and the god of that river A child of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, Achelous was an ancient and powerful god He fought Heracles for the hand of the princess Deianira, but was ultimately defeated
- Amalthea – Mythopedia
Amalthea and Achelous Amalthea the nymph appears in at least one other myth involving the hero Heracles and the river god Achelous Both Heracles and Achelous had come to the city of Calydon to seek the hand of the beautiful princess Deianira in marriage Things soon turned violent, however, and a fight broke out between Heracles and Achelous
- Heracles - Mythopedia
After defeating the river god Achelous in a wrestling competition, Heracles carried away the Calydonian princess Deianira as his bride As the newlyweds traveled to Heracles’ home, the centaur Nessus offered to help Deianira cross a river But while Heracles was still making the crossing, Nessus tried to run off with Deianira
- Nessus – Mythopedia
Nessus was a Centaur killed by Heracles when he tried to rape the hero’s wife, Deianira But before dying, Nessus was able to trick Deianira into avenging him
- Sirens - Mythopedia
The Sirens, daughters of the river god Achelous, were vicious creatures, especially feared by sailors In most representations, they had the face and torso of a beautiful woman, but the wings and lower body of a bird
- Metamorphoses: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The Story of Achelous and Hercules Perhaps you’ve heard of Deianira’s name, For all the country spoke her beauty’s fame Long was the nymph by num’rous suitors woo’d, Each with address his envy’d hopes pursu’d: I joyn’d the loving band; to gain the fair, Reveal’d my passion to her father’s ear
- Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia
Eventually, Alcmaeon asked the oracle of Delphi what he needed to do to atone for his sin and free himself of the Erinyes He was instructed to settle a land that did not yet exist at the time of his mother’s murder Alcmaeon wandered the world until he found a delta by the Achelous River that had just been formed
- Metamorphoses: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Thus Achelous ends: his audience hear With admiration, and admiring, fear The Pow’rs of Heav’n; except Ixion’s Son, Who laugh’d at all the Gods, believ’d in none: He shook his impious head, and thus replies These legends are no more than pious lies: You attribute too much to heav’nly sway, To think they give us forms, and take away
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