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Alpheius

Alpheius is the alternative spelling of Alpheus.

Meaning of Alpheus

Proper noun

Alpheus

  1. (Greek) A river in Hades.
  2. (Greek) The god or personification of the river Alpheus.
    • Then Alpheus bold, / On his glacier cold, / With his trident the mountains strook;1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Arethusa”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published...
  3. A male given name of historical usage.

Questions about Alpheius

What is Alpheius the alternative spelling of?
Alpheius is the alternative spelling of Alpheus.

Words near Alpheius in the dictionary

  1. Alphecca
  2. alpheid
  3. alpheid shrimp
  4. alpheid shrimps
  5. alpheids
  6. Alpheius
  7. Alphen aan den Rijn
  8. Alphen-Chaam
  9. alphenal
  10. alphenic
  11. alphenics

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