Alephesiboea

A nymph from Asia who Dionysus fill in love with. Despite his efforts to seduce hr, she refused him. He then transformed himself into a tiger, which frightened the nymph so much that she allowed him to carry her across the river Sollax. On the other side he turned into himself again and had his way with her. She had a son by him called Medus. When he was old enough, he had the name of the river changed to Tigris (tiger).