Entry 27: Achelous

A generally decent water spirit who is mostly remembered for getting absolutely rocked by Heracles over a woman.

Images used:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Heracles fighting the river-god Achelous for Deianeira. Side A from an Attic red-figure column-krater, ca. 450 BC. From Agrigento.
Dimensions H. 38.5 cm (15 in.), Diam. 24 cm (9 ¼ in.), W. 37 cm (14 ½ in.)
Credit line De Witte bequest, 1890
Accession number G 365
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, first floor, room 39, case 4
Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)
Greek History Books
By Unknown author - Ottův slovník naučný, vol. 1, p. 502, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49837495

By Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick / Louvre-Lens - Les Étrusques et la Méditerranée - 290 - Londres, British Museum, inv. 1839.0214.70 (Stamnos attique à figures rouges) (A) / Wikimedia Commons, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30219442

By Pamphaios (potter), Oltos (painter) - Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 12, 1911, p. 478, Fig. 16., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46508877

Wikimedia Commons contributors. File:Achelous terracotta mask (patron deity of the Achelous River), 1st century BC, Monsters. Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth Exhibition, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome (12836589323).jpg [Internet]. Wikimedia Commons; 2025 Mar 3, 21:19 UTC [cited 2026 Jan 16]. Available from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Achelous_terracotta_mask_(patron_deity_of_the_Achelous_River),_1st_century_BC,_Monsters._Fantastic_Creatures_of_Fear_and_Myth_Exhibition,_Palazzo_Massimo_alle_Terme,_Rome_(12836589323).jpg&oldid=1005019354.