Arethusa
Arethusa is Artemis's attendant who was pursued by Alpheus. Artemis pitied her and saved her, transforming her into a spring in the temple Artemis Alphaea in Letrini. The goddess and her attendants drink from this spring.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology from the Iron Age.
Relationships
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana)
- enemy of
- Alpheus
- consort of
- Alpheus
- created by
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Tityos, Venus, Diana, Proserpina, Leto, Demeter, Persephone, Britomartis, Otos, Ephialtes, Taygete, Achelous, Athena
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In another story, Alphaeus tries to rape Artemis's attendant Arethusa. Artemis pities the girl and saves her, transforming her into a spring in the temple Artemis Alphaea in Letrini, where the goddess and her attendants drink.”
#18620 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“ Diana and Arethusa https://www.theitalianacademy.com/portfolio-posts/myth-arethusa-alpheus/”
#19807 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to Pausanias, Alpheus was a passionate hunter and fell in love with the nymph Arethusa, but she fled from him to the island of Ortygia near Syracuse, and metamorphosed herself into a well, after which Alpheus became a river”
#42301 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Karol Szymanowski, Polish classical music composer, named "The Fountain of Arethusa" first of his three poems entitled "Myths" for violin and piano. The Saucy Arethusa is an 18th-century song about a British naval ship named after Arethusa”
#42314 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In another story, Alphaeus tries to rape Artemis's attendant Arethusa. Artemis pities the girl and saves her, transforming her into a spring.”
#43067 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat