achelous's

Updated: June 8, 2025

And that was not enough, but with relentless hand he broke one of the horns, and tore it from Achelous's forehead. The river-god returned to his own shape. He roared aloud with rage and pain, and hiding his mutilated head in his mantle, rushed from the hall and plunged into the swirling waters of his stream.

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