Arethusa

In classical mythology, Arethusa may refer to:

People

* 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.

hips

* HMS Arethusa, eight ships of the Royal Navy, 1759 to 1991.
* USS Arethusa, three ships of the United States Navy 1864 to 1946.
* Arethusa class cruiser, two classes of Royal Navy cruiser.

Other

* Arethusa, a genus of orchid.
* Arethusa, a genus of extinct trilobites
* Arethusa (journal), an academic journal.
* 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 four chapters in SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Potsdam, and SUNY Oneonta.