Achelois
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Template:Short description Achelois (Ancient Greek: Template:Lang, Ἀkhelōís means 'she who drives away pain'<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) was a name attributed to several figures in Greek mythology.
- Achelois, surname of the Sirens, the daughters of Achelous.<ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.552 & 14.87; Apollodorus, 1.7.10.</ref>
- Achelois, a general name for water-nymphs, as in Columella,<ref>Columella, 10.263</ref> where the companions of the Pegasids are called Acheloides.
- Achelois, a daughter of Pierus and one of the Pierides.<ref>Tzetzes on Hesiod, Works and Days 6; Arnobius, Adversus Nationes 3.37</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. Template:ISBN.
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. Template:ISBN
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.