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Origin
Homer placed Achelous above all, the origin of all the world's fresh water and perhaps all water.
- Homer, Iliad 21,194: " it is not possible to fight Zeus, son of Kronos. Not powerful Akheloios matches his strength against Zeus ".
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Origin
Homer calls him "king Achelous" and has , describing the strength of Zeus say: "With doth not even king Achelous vie".
References
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Sources
Ancient
Homer
- 194–196
- With doth not even king Achelous vie, nor the great might of deep-flowing Ocean, from whom all rivers flow and every sea, and all the springs and deep wells;
Pausanias
- One, falling into the sea by the Echinadian islands, flows through Acarnania and Aetolia, and is said by Homer in the Iliad1 to be the prince of all rivers.