Arethusa

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In classical mythology, Arethusa may refer to:

Persons

• Arethusa (mythology), a nereid nymph who became a fountain.
• Arethusa, a hesperid nymph.

Places

• Arethusa, a titular see of Syria near Apameia.
• Arethuse, a fountain in Ortygia, Sicily, named from the above nereid.
• Arethousa, a municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture, Greece.
• Arethusa Falls, a 130' waterfall in Carrol County, New Hampshire, USA.

Arethusa may also refer to:

• Arethusa, a genus of orchid.
• Arethusa, a genus of extinct trilobites
• Arethusa (journal), an academic journal.
• HMS Arethusa, ships of the Royal Navy.
• The Saucy Arethusa, a sea shanty.
• 95 Arethusa, an asteroid.
• Arethusa, an encryption system in the novel Cryptonomicon.
• Arethusa, title of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Arethusa, a ship in Dylan Thomas play Under Milk Wood
• Sigma Gamma Phi, a local sorority in upstate New York with three chapters in SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Fredonia, and SUNY Oneonta.