Alpheos or Alpheus may refer to:
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Alpheus (mythology)
Alpheus or Alpheios (; grc, Ἀλφειός, meaning "whitish"), was in Greek mythology a river (the modern Alfeios River) and river god.
Family
Like most river gods, he was a son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. Telegone ...
, a river god in Greek mythology
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Alpheus, West Virginia
Alpheus is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geograph ...
, a community in the US
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Alfeios
The Alfeiós or Alpheios ( el, Αλφειός, grc, Ἀλφειός, Latin Alpheus) is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Pelop ...
River, the Greek river which the mythological god refers to
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Alphaeus
Alphaeus (from Greek: Ἀλφαῖος) is a man mentioned in the ''New Testament'' as the father of two of the Twelve Apostles, namely:
* Matthew the EvangelistMark 2:14
* James, son of Alphaeus
He is implied to be the father of:
* Joseph or J ...
, a father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
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Alpheus Mytilenaeus
Alpheus Mytilenaeus ( Gr. ) was the author of about twelve epigrams in the '' Greek Anthology'', some of which seem to point out the time when he wrote. In the seventh epigram he refers to the state of the Roman Empire, as embracing almost all the ...
, an ancient Greek poet
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''Alpheus'' (crustacean), a genus of shrimps
See also
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Alphaeus (disambiguation)
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