Achelous

noun

classical myth a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns

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Examples from the Web for achelous

The other stranger was Achelous, god of the Calydonian River.
Good Stories For Great Holidays|Frances Jenkins Olcott
Achelous readily agreed to this way of settling their rival pretensions, for he had no doubt as to the result of the wrestling.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
Philip is joined by the Acarnanians, and marches to the Achelous.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2)|Polybius
They took the huge horn of Achelous and heaped it high with the rich and glowing fruits and flowers of autumn.
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Behold me, the god Achelous, the powerful King of the Waters!
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