Achelois

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

• Achelois, surname of the Sirens, the daughters of Achelous.^[2]

• Achelois, a general name for water-nymphs, as in Columella,^[3] where the companions of the Pegasids are called Acheloides.
• Achelois, a daughter of Pierus and one of the Pierides.^[4][5]

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.

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. ISBN 9780874365818, 0874365813.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
• 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.