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Dalam mitologi Yunani, Achelous (/ækɪˈloʊ.əs/; bahasa Yunani Kuno: Ἀχελώїoς, dan kemudian ἈχελῷοςAchelṓios) awalnya merupakan dewa dari seluruh air[1] dan sungai di dunia yang dianggap oleh banyak orang sebagai ototnya.[2][3] Kemudian pada zaman Helenistik, ia sebagian besar dipindahkan ke Sungai Akheloios, yang merupakan sungai terbesar di Yunani. Dengan demikian ia adalah kepala dari seluruh dewa sungai, setiap sungai memiliki dewa sungainya masing-masing.
Catatan
^Isler, Hans Peter (1981). s.v. 'Acheloos'. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae Vol. I. Zuerich: Artemis & Verlag. hlm. 12–36.
^Molinari, Nicholas; Sisci, Nicola (2016). Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios. A Comprehensive Catalog of the Bronze Coinage of the Man-Faced Bull, with Essays on Origin and Identity. Oxford: Archaeopress. hlm. 60–2.
^G. B. D'Alessio (2004). "Textual Fluctuations and Cosmic Streams: Ocean and Acheloios". Journal of Hellenic Studies. London: The Council for the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. 124: 20–1.
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