Editing Achelois

{{short description|Name attributed to several Greek mythological characters}}
'''Achelois''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἀχελωίς}}, ''Ἀkhelōís'' means 'she who drives away pain'<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=557}}</ref>'')'' was a name attributed to several figures in [[Greek mythology]].

*Achelois, surname of the [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s, the daughters of [[Achelous]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 5.552 & 14.87; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.10 1.7.10].</ref>

*Achelois, a general name for water-[[nymph]]s, as in [[Columella]],<ref>[[Columella]], 10.263</ref> where the companions of the [[Pegasides|Pegasids]] are called [[Acheloides (mythology)|Acheloides]].
*Achelois, a daughter of [[Pierus of Emathia|Pierus]] and one of the [[Pierides (mythology)|Pierides]].<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] on [[Hesiod]], ''[[Works and Days]]'' 6; [[Arnobius]], ''Adversus Nationes'' [[iarchive:thesevenbooksofa00arnouoft/page/n201/mode/2up|3.37]]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bell|first=Robert E.|title=Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=1991|isbn=9780874365818|pages=3}}</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. [[ABC-Clio]]. 1991. {{ISBN|9780874365818|0874365813}}.
*Graves, Robert, ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
*[[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].


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