Alpheus+and+Arethusa



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**Antoni Waterloo (1609-1690),**
Alpheus and Arethusa

Summary: Arethusa was a beautiful young Greek huntress and a follower of Artemis. Like her misstress she didn't want to have anything to do with men. She loved running and hunting in the forest. One day after a exhausted hunt, she came to a crystal clear stream, she decided to take a swim. Then she seemed to feel something beneath her in the water, and heard a voice that seemed to come from the water, and she got frightened. She ran into the forest as fast as she could. The voice of the unknown told her that he was Alpheus, the god of the river, and that he followed her because he loved her. After a while of running, she got exhausetd, and she called for Artemis, her misstress for help. And the goodness answered with turning her into a spring. Alpheus being a river god turned himself back into a river. And their waters minling even today.

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