Alpheus

Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) A river in Hades.

(Greek mythology) The god/personification of the river Alpheus.

A male given name, of mostly historical usage.

Phrases with the word

Examples

And now the high crest sinks, now the head is nodding overpowered and the huge neck has slipped from around the fleece it guarded, like refluent Po or Nile that sprawls in seven streams or Alpheus when his waters enter the Hesperian world. Gaius Valerius Flaccus

Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams (II Corps division commander) Hennessy, p. 471. Pope relieved of command Pope was relieved of command on September 12, 1862, and his army was merged into the Army of the Potomac as it marched into Maryland under McClellan. Source: Internet

Dupree, pp. 216-232 Edward Drinker Cope and Alpheus Hyatt reconciled this view with evolutionism in a form of neo-Lamarckism involving recapitulation theory. Source: Internet

The snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus snap their claws to create a shock wave that stuns prey. Source: Internet

This is reinforced by the connection of the river Alph with the Alpheus, a river that in Greece was connected to the worship of the sun. Source: Internet

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