Achelous was not solely a vengeful party guest. He was also a caring lover of sorts. He met a girl called Perimele and took away by force his love’s virginity. Her father was rather not pleased with this development and hurled his daughter from a sheer cliff into the sea to drown. Achelous rushed to the rescue, using his waters to support her, while praying to Poseidon, the god of the sea, to provide a place of shelter or at the very least make the girl itself a place. He had not finished speaking when poor Perimele embraced her limbs and grew gradually more solid, until she became an isle to join the Echinades.