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Arethu`sa

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A celebrated fountain in the island of Ortygia, near Syracuse, transformed from a Nereid pursued thither from Elis, in Greece, by the river-god Alphæus, so that the waters of the river henceforth mingled with those of the fountain.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Arethu`sa'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/arethusa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.