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n. 1 a river in western Greece 2 (context Greek mythology English) patron deity of this river
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In Greek mythology, Achelous (; Ancient Greek: AchelÅios) is a river god who was the patron deity of the Achelous River, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having its own river spirit. His name is pre-Greek, its meaning unknown. The Greeks invented etymologies to associate it with Greek word roots (one such popular etymology translates the name as "he who washes away care"). However, these are etymologically unsound and of much later origin than the name itself.
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Achelous is a relatively fresh crater on Ganymede adjacent to the similarly sized Gula. It has an outer lobate ejecta deposit extending about a crater radius from the rim.
A characteristic feature of both craters, almost identical in size, is the "pedestal" - an outward-facing, relatively gently sloped scarp that terminates the continuous ejecta blanket. Similar features may be seen in ejecta blankets of Martian craters, suggesting impacts into a volatile (ice)-rich target material. Furthermore, both craters appear crisp and feature terraces. Gula has a prominent central peak; Achelous instead may show the remnant of a collapsed central peak or a central pit that is not fully formed. On lower-resolution images taken under higher sun illumination angle, both craters are shown to have extended bright rays, especially Achelous, which demonstrates that these two craters are younger than the respective surrounding landscape.
Achelous is a river god in Greek mythology.
Achelous may also refer to:
- Achelous (crater), an impact crater on Ganymede
- Achelous River, a river in western Greece
- Achelous-class repair ship, a class of ship built by the US Navy during World War II
- USS Achelous (ARL-1), a 1942 repair ship
- Aheloy (river), a river in southeastern Bulgaria, known in Antiquity and the Middle Ages as Achelous
Usage examples of "achelous".
Trinaerian sea, that sea which lies along your land, if indeed Achelous flows forth from your land.
And soon they saw a fair island, Anthemoessa, where the clearvoiced Sirens, daughters of Achelous, used to beguile with their sweet songs whoever cast anchor there, and then destroy him.
Basili was strictly charged by Ali Pasha in person to attend us, and Dervish was one of fifty who accompanied us through the forests of Acarnania, to the banks of the Achelous, and onward to Missolonghi.
This was that fruitful region formerly called Paracheloitis, which, according to classic allegory, was drained or torn from the river Achelous, by the perseverance of Hercules and presented by him for a nuptial present to the daughter of Oeneus.
For many a league they followed them, over all the isles of the Cyclades, and away to the south-west across Hellas, till they came to the Ionian Sea, and there they fell upon the Echinades, at the mouth of the Achelous.