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Alpheos and Arethu sa The Greek fable says that Alpheos, the river-god, fell in love with the nymph Arethusa, who fled from him in affright. The god pursued under the sea, but the nymph was changed into a spring, which comes up in the harbour of Syracuse.

"We have seen a moustachioed Alpheos, at Ramsgate, pursue an affrighted Arethusa." - London Review.

Alpheus (in Orlando Furioso). A magician and prophet in the army of Charlemagne, slain in sleep by Cloridano.

Alphesibea or "Arsinöe," wife of Alcmeon. She gave her spouse the fatal collar, the source of numberless evils.

So was the necklace of Harmonia, and so were the collar and veil of Eriphle, wife of Amphiaraos.

Alphonso etc. (See Alfonso , etc.)

Alpleich or "Elfenreigen" (the weird spirit-song), that music which some hear before death. Faber refers to it in his Pilgrims of the Night.

"Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling."

Pope also says, in the Dying Christian -

Hark! they whisper; angels say,
Sister spirit, come away."

Alpue, Alpieu (Alpu), in the game of Basset, doubling the stake on a winning card.

"What pity 'tis those conquering eyes
Which all the world subdue,
Should, while the lover gazing dies,
Be only on alpue."
Etherege: Basset.

Alquife (al-kefy). A famous enchanter, introduced into the romances of ancient times, especially those relating to Amadis of Gaul.

Alrinach The demon who presides over floods and earthquakes, rain and hail. It is this demon who causes shipwrecks. When visible, it is in a female form. (Eastern mythology.)

Alruna-wife (An) The Alrunes were the lares or penates of the ancient Germans. An Alruna-wife was the household goddess of a German family. An Alruna-maiden is a household maiden goddess.

"She (Hypatia) looked as fair as the sun, and talked like an Alruna-wife." - Kingsley: Hypatia , chap. xii.

Alsatia The Whitefriars sanctuary for debtors and law-breakers. Cunningham thinks the name is borrowed from Alsace, in France, which being a frontier of the Rhine, was everlastingly the seat of war and the refuge of the disaffected. Sir Walter Scott, in his Fortunes of Nigel, has described the life and state of this rookery. He has borrowed largely from Shadwell's comedy, The Squire of Alsatia. (See Petand.)

Alsvidur (See Horse .)

Altamorus (in Jerusalem Delivered). King of Samarcand, who joined the Egyptian armament against the Crusaders. "He was supreme in courage as in might." (Book xvii.) He surrendered himself to Godfrey. (Book xx.)

Altan Kol or Gold River (Thibet). So called from the gold which abounds in its sands.

Altar (An), in Christian art. St. Stephen (the Pope), and Thomas Becket are represented as immolated before an altar. St. Canute is represented as lying before an altar. St. Charles Borromeo is represented as kneeling before an altar. St. Gregory (the Pope) is represented as offering sacrifice before an altar.