#alpheios
- Alpheus — The Latin proper name or designation for Alpheus; a mythological character representing the god of the eponymous river in the Peloponnese, famous in legends for his love toward the nymph Arethusa. In geography, it denotes the Alfeios River (the longest in the Peloponnese, Greece), historically featured in the myth of Hercules cleansing the Augean stables; in zoology (taxonomy), it represents a genus of snapping shrimp (Alpheidae family) characterized by a giant asymmetric claw.