Arethusa

Arethusa may refer to:

Mythology

• Arethusa (mythology), a nereid nymph who became a fountain
• Arethusa, one of the Hesperides nymphs

Places

• Arethusa (Mygdonia), an ancient city in Mygdonia of ancient Macedonia
• Arethusa (see), a titular see of Syria near Apameia
• Arethuse, a fountain in Ortygia, Sicily, named from the above nereid
• Arethousa, a municipal unit in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
• Arethusa Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in New Hampshire, USA
• Antipatris, refounded in 64–63 BC by Pompey as Arethusa

Maritime

• Arethusa class cruiser (disambiguation), 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
• HMS Arethusa, nine ships of the Royal Navy, 1759 to 1991
  • The Saucy Arethusa, ballad about the Action of 17 June 1778
• USS Arethusa, three ships of the United States Navy 1864 to 1946

Science

• Arethusa bulbosa, or Dragon's mouth, or arethusa, the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa
• Arethusa De Montfort, 1808, a foram
• Arethusa Barrande, 1846, the occupied name for a trilobite, now renamed to Aulacopleura
• 95 Arethusa, an asteroid

Other

• Arethusa (journal), an academic journal
• Arethusa, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Aretousa, a main character in the early 17th century romance Erotokritos
• Arethusa, the writer of a letter in Propertius, 4.3 ('Arethusa sends these instructions to her lycotas,')