Deity Ancient Greece
Achelous
Ἀχέλῷος , Achelōos grc Achelous (mythologia) la
River god in Greek mythology
- Child of Oceanus, Tethys and Nais
- Consort of Sterope, Melpomene, Terpsichore and 2 more
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Achelous
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 24
Kinship in an account 22
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Nais character in Greek myth
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child of (child) Oceanus ancient Greek god of the earth-encircling river, Oceanos -
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child of (child) Tethys ancient Greek mythological figure; mother of the river gods and the Oceanids - parent of (child) Acheloides
- parent of (child) Aglaope one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Aglaophónos one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Callirhoe daughter of Achelous in Greek mythology
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parent of (father) Castalia water deity - parent of (child) Erysiche daughter of Achelous in Greek myth
- parent of (child) Hippodamas son of Achelous
- parent of (child) Leucosia one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ligeia one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Molpe one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Parthenope one of the Sirens in Greek mythology -
parent of (child) Pirene nymph - parent of (child) Pisinoë one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Thelxiepea one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
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partner of Calliope muse of epic poetry -
partner of (spouse) Melpomene Greek muse of tragedy - partner of Perimede daughter of Aiolos in Greek mythology
- partner of (spouse) Sterope daughter of Porthaon
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partner of Terpsichore muse of dance in Greek mythology
Family 2
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
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Connections
How Achelous connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply that the culture was religiously uniform
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Attribute 1
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
24 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 23 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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