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Alpheus (deity)

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In Greek mythology, Alpheus (whitish") was a river-god one of the three-thousand children of Oceanus and Tethys. He fell in love with Arethusa, a nymph, and chased her to Sicily. Artemis changed her into a fountain. He swam underwater to be with her and mingled his waters with hers.

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