Alpheus
deity figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Alpheus the place
Alpheus son of Orsiphantus · river Alpheus
in the texts
The Histories
A Lacedaemonian, brother of Maron, named among the most courageous fighters at Thermopylae after Dieneces.
Next after him two Lacedaemonian brothers, Alpheus and Maron, sons of Orsiphantus, are said to have been most courageous.
Iliad
River-god whose broad stream flows through the land of the Pylians, ancestor of Orsilokhos and Diokles.
Their father was a rich man who lived in the strong city of Phere and was descended from the river Alpheus, whose broad stream flows through the land of the Pylians.
Odyssey
River-god ancestor named via patronymic in Diokles's genealogy.
Then they reached Pherai, where Diokles lived who was son of Ortilokhos, the son of Alpheus.