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Arethu'sa

（*)Are/qousa), one of the Nereids (Hygin. Praef. p. 9, ed. Staveren; Verg. G. 4.344), and the nymph of the famous well Arethusa in the island of Ortygia near Syracuse. [ALPHEIUS.] Virgil (Eclog. 4.1, 10.1) reckons her among the Sicilian nymphs, and as the divinity who inspired pastoral poetry. The Syracusans represented on many of their coins the head of Arethusa surrounded by dolphins. (Rasche, Lex. Numism. 1.1, p. 107.) One of the Hesperides likewise bore the name of Arethusa. (Apollod. 2.5.11.)

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William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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