Achelous God of RIvers
Achelous was the chief of all river deities.He is the daughter of Tethys and Oceanus.Achelous was a suitor for Deianeira.She is the daughter of Oeneus king of Calydon.Achelous was defeated by Heracles.He wedded her himself.The contest of Achelous with Heracles was represented on the throne of Amyclae.When he battled Heracles over the river nymph Deianeira, Achelous turned himself into a bull. Heracles tore off one of his horns and forced the god to surrender. Achelous had to trade the goat horn of Amalthea to get it back.Heracles gave it to the Naiads, who transformed it into the cornucopia. Achelous relates the bitter episode afterwards to Theseus.Sophocles makes Deianeira relate these occurrences in a somewhat different manner.
Achelous was the chief of all river deities.He is the daughter of Tethys and Oceanus.Achelous was a suitor for Deianeira.She is the daughter of Oeneus king of Calydon.Achelous was defeated by Heracles.He wedded her himself.The contest of Achelous with Heracles was represented on the throne of Amyclae.When he battled Heracles over the river nymph Deianeira, Achelous turned himself into a bull. Heracles tore off one of his horns and forced the god to surrender. Achelous had to trade the goat horn of Amalthea to get it back.Heracles gave it to the Naiads, who transformed it into the cornucopia. Achelous relates the bitter episode afterwards to Theseus.Sophocles makes Deianeira relate these occurrences in a somewhat different manner.