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ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 142 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ") , the largest river in
Greece
  (13o M.). It rises in Mt.
Pindus
 , and, dividing Aetolia from Acarnania, falls into the Ionian Sea. In the
lower
 
part
  of its course the river winds through fertile, marshy plains. Its water is charged with fine mud, which is deposited along its
banks
  and at its mouth, where a number of small islands (Echinades) have been formed. It was formerly called Thoas, from its impetuosity; and its upper portion was called by some Inachus, the name Achelous being restricted to the shorter eastern branch. Achelous is coupled with Ocean by
Homer
  (Il. xxi. 193) as
chief
  of rivers, and the name is given to several other rivers in
Greece
 . The name appears in cult and in mythology as that of the typical river-god; a
familiar
 
legend
  is that of his contest with Heracles for Deianira.


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