Alpheias
Alphēĭăs, ădis, f., = Ἀλφηιάς (sc. nympha),
- the nymph and fountain Arethusa, which unites its waters with the river Alpheus, Ov. M. 5, 487.
Alphēias, adis, f., s. Alphēus.
Alphēĭăs, ădis, f. , fille dʼAlphée, [Aréthuse] : Ov. M. 5, 487.
Alpheias
a name by which Ovid (Ov. Met. 5.487) designates the nymph of the Sicilian well Arethusa, because it was believed to have a subterraneous communication with the river Alpheius, in Peloponnesus. [L.S]