Achelois (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελωίς, Ἀkhelōís means 'she who drives away pain'[1]) was a name attributed to several figures in Greek mythology.

Notes

  1. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 557. ISBN 9780241983386.
  2. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.552 & 14.87; Apollodorus, 1.7.10.
  3. Columella, 10.263
  4. Tzetzes on Hesiod, Works and Days 6; Arnobius, Adversus Nationes 3.37
  5. Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 9780874365818.

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