Arethusa
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Arethusa means "the waterer".
- In Greek mythology, Arethusa was one of the Hesperides.
- A nymph, daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), and an attendant (or a favourite) of Artemis. Arethusa ran from a suitor, Alpheus (also Alpheius or Alpheios), a river god, making her way to the isle of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. She called on Artemis, who helped her by changing her into a fountain. Undaunted, Alpheus diverted his river underground, mingling his waters with hers.
- Arethusa is a fountain on the isle of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.
Arethusa occasionally appeared on coins as a young girl with a net in her hair and dolphins around her head. Many of these coins are from Syracuse, whither she allegedly fled from Alpheus.
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- Coins of Arethusa (contains verse from Ovid and Shelley)
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