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Achelous was the son of the sea Titans Oceanus and Tethys and the chief river god.

History

Circa 1260 BCE, Achelous traveled to Calydon in order to act as a suitor to Deianeira, daughter of King Oeneus and Queen Althea. Heracles was another of Deianeira's suitors, so Achelous challenged him. During the battle, Achelous transformed partially into a bull and charged at him, but Heracles managed to shatter his right horn.

Achelous held enmity towards Heracles for many centuries. In the early twenty-first century, he entered the service of Heracles' estranged cousin Eurystheus.

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