Acis

Galatea did not return the Cyclops's affection, however, for she loved the river god Acis.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
As the blood of Acis crept in a stream from under the rock it grew paler and paler until it turned into water.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
The part of Acis by Mr. Mountier, being the first time of his appearing in character on any stage.
Dr. Arne and Rule, Britannia|William Hayman Cummings
Ubi cnstitre5 inter dus acis, Gallus nsem cum ingent sonit in arma Mnli dicit.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

The blood of Acis was changed into a river of the same name at the foot of mount Etna.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

British Dictionary definitions for Acis

Acis

/ (ˈeɪsɪs) /

noun

Greek myth a Sicilian shepherd and the lover of the nymph Galatea. In jealousy, Polyphemus crushed him with a huge rock, and his blood was turned by Galatea into a river

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