Arethusa

Arethusa (Greek Ἀρέθουσα ) is:

In Greek mythology:

• Arethusa ( mythology), one of the Naiads
• Arethusa ( Hesperide ), one of the Hesperides
• Arethusa ( Nereid ), one of the Nereids
• Arethusa, a dog of Actaeon

In historical geography:

• Numerous sources in Greece, including in Ithaca, Evia at Chalcis, at Thebes in Boeotia and Argos in the Peloponnese, see Arethusa (source)
• Arethusa (Syria ), a city in Syria
• Arethusa ( titular ), a returning to the Syrian Arethusa titular
• Arethusa dei Siri ( Italian: Arethusa dei Siri ), a titular, which is granted by the Pope to titular bishops united with Rome from the Syriac Catholic Church
• Arethusa (Macedonia ), City Mygdonia in Macedonia
• Arethusa (Armenia ), lake in Armenia

In geography:

• Arethusa's Fountain, a source in Syracuse, Sicily
• Arethusa (Thessaloniki ), a town in the prefecture of Thessaloniki in Greece
• Arethusa Falls, a waterfall in Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA

In science:

• (95 ) Arethusa, an asteroid of the main belt
• Arethusa bulbosa, the only species of the orchid genus Arethusa
• Arethusa ( trilobite ), a genus of trilobites
• Arethusa (journal), an academic journal on issues of classical antiquity Sciences

In music:

• " Arethusa source ", the first part of "Three Myths " for violin and piano (op. 30, 1915) by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski
• " Arethusa, who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, which turned into a fountain " ( Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op 49 No 6 - 1951), Composition for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten
• " Shanty for the Arethusa ", song by American folk rock band The Decemberists

In the literature:

• A cryptographic code system in Neal Stephenson 's novel Cryptonomicon
• The title of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• The name of a ship in Dylan Thomas ' play Under Milk Wood
• A character in the courtly poem " Erotokritos " of Vikentios Kornaros

In the maritime sector:

• The name of two classes of light cruiser of the Royal Navy of the First ( Arethusa - Klasse_ (1913 )), and World War II ( Arethusa - Klasse_ (1934 ) ) or their type ships

See also:

• Mark of Arethusa

• Disambiguation