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Celusa

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In Greek mythology, Celusa or Kelousa (Ancient Greek: Κηλοῦσαν or Κηλούσης Kelousê from kêloô ‘to have an abnormal delivery’) was probably a naiad or an oread who personified over Mount Celusa[1] or Celossa[2] in Phliasia. She born the river-god Asopus to Poseidon.[3] Otherwise, Celusa might be the same with Pero, the so called mother of the river-god by the marine god.[4]

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  1. ^ Xenophon, Hellenica 4.7.7
  2. ^ Strabo, 8.6.24 (p. 382)
  3. ^ Pausanias, 2.12.4
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.6