A river on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
The Alpheios is the largest river on the Peloponnesus; originating in Arkadia (Arcadia) near the city of Asea and flowing west past Olympia to empty into the Ionian Sea.
During the Trojan War, King Nestor of Pylos commanded the Akhaian soldiers from the Peloponnesian Peninsula, including men from an area known as the Alpheios crossing.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 592; book 11, line 712 |