Arethusa

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For the orchid genus, see dragon's mouth.

Arethusa is an encryption system in the novel Cryptonomicon.

For the academic journal, see Arethusa (journal)

For the Royal Navy ships of this name see HMS Arethusa

For the sea shanty see The Saucy Arethusa''

For the asteroid see 95_Arethusa''

Greek deities series
Primordial deities
Titans and Olympians
Aquatic deities
Chthonic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Asclepius, god of medicine Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis Pan, shepherd god
Nymphs
Alseid Auloniad Crinaeae Dryads Hamadryads Hesperides Limnades	Meliae Naiads Napaeae Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae

Arethusa means "the waterer".

1. In Greek mythology, Arethusa was one of the Hesperides.
2. A nymph, daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), and an attendant (or a favourite) of Artemis. Arethusa ran from a suitor, Alpheus (also Alpheius or Alpheios), a river god, making her way to the isle of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. She called on Artemis, who helped her by changing her into a fountain. Undaunted, Alpheus diverted his river underground, mingling his waters with hers.
3. Arethusa is a fountain on the isle of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.

Arethusa occasionally appeared on coins as a young girl with a net in her hair and dolphins around her head.

External Links

• [Coins of Arethusa] (contains verse from Ovid and Shelley)

 

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