Arethusa
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Arethusa may refer to:
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[edit] Mythology
- Arethusa (mythology), a nereid nymph who became a fountain.
- Arethusa, a hesperid nymph.
[edit] People
- Marcus of Arethusa, Bishop of Atethusa, later a saint
[edit] Places
- Arethusa name of ancient fountains in Chalcis, Ithaca , Leucas, Elis, Smyrna and Sicily.
- Arethusa ,an ancient city in Mygdonia of ancient Macedonia.
- 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 of Greek Macedonia.
- Arethusa Falls, a 130' waterfall in Carrol County, New Hampshire, USA.
[edit] Maritime
- USS Arethusa, three ships of the United States Navy 1864 to 1946
- HMS Arethusa, eight ships of the Royal Navy, 1759 to 1991
- Arethusa class cruiser, two classes of Royal Navy cruiser
- Arethusa class cruiser (1912), eight light cruisers built in 1912–1914 that served in World War I
- Arethusa class cruiser (1934), four light cruisers built in 1934–1936 that served in World War II
- Aréthuse class submarine, a class of French submarine, in service 1958-1981
[edit] Science
- Arethusa, a genus of orchid.
- Arethusa, a genus of extinct trilobites
- 95 Arethusa, an asteroid.
[edit] Other
- Arethusa (journal), an academic journal.
- The Saucy Arethusa, a sea shanty.
- 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
- Shanty For The Arethusa, a song by The Decemberists
- Sigma Gamma Phi, a local sorority in upstate New York with four chapters in SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Potsdam, and SUNY Oneonta.
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