Alpheus

noun
(Greek myth) a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her
Historical Examples

This he did by turning the rivers alpheus and Peneus through them.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 Various

When the day was over, alpheus called to him his foster-child.
The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

alpheus could no longer see her, but wandered about, bewailing her disappearance, and calling her in passionate accents.
Myths of Greece and Rome H. A. Guerber

Then he drifted into Simmons’s and accosted alpheus Smalley.
Cy Whittaker’s Place Joseph C. Lincoln

He smiled immediately, remembering that his last words plagiarized Mr. alpheus Richmond.
An Unpardonable Liar Gilbert Parker

alpheus, who had reached the age when men desire to act, plunged in after her.
Castellinaria Henry Festing Jones

If alpheus Cleophas had given his great mind to consideration of the subject, it might be regarded as settled.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 Various

But behind her the flood of alpheus still rushed leaping and foaming.
Children of the Dawn Elsie Finnimore Buckley

But alpheus, noting the guile of the goddess, laughed aloud, for could he not at will become even as his own river?
Half a Hundred Hero Tales Various

Homer gave the epithet of sacred to the waters of the alpheus.
Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines John Claudius Pitrat