Peneus
Americannoun
noun
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Her father, the river-god Peneus, was greatly tried because she refused all the handsome and eligible young men who wooed her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
ELIS, the chief city of the ancient Greek district of Elis, was situated on the river Peneus, just where it passes from the mountainous district of Acrorea into the champaign below.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Xerxes asked his guides if it would be possible to find any other place where the waters of the Peneus could be conducted to the sea.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Atracia's hero leaves—employs his age “In studies warlike; and among the fields, “Where fertilizing Peneus wanders, roams.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
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