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Arethusa

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Arethusa

In Greek mythology, a nymph of the fountain and spring of Arethusa in the island of Ortygia near Syracuse, on the south coast of Sicily.

Arethusa

In botany, a genus of the orchid family Orchidaceae.



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Yes, Arethusa herself and Pandora, whom we all know by her box, looked down upon the two new managers of the Opera, who ended by clutching at some piece of wreckage and from there stared silently at Box Five on the grand tier.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
{124} by the fountain Arethusa, where they are fattening on beechmast and spring water after their manner.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Thorpe, the eldest boy, was old enough to go on the Arethusa, and Athelny regaled his family with magnificent descriptions of the appearance the lad would make when he came back in uniform for his holidays.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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