Achiroe
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Achiroe
Achiroë /əˈkɪrɵʊiː/ or Anchirrhoë (Greek: Ἀχιρ(ρ)όη), or according to the Bibliotheca Anchinoë (Ἀγχινόη),[1] which is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroë, was in Greek mythology a naiad, a daughter of the river-god Nilus. She was also the wife of Belus, by whom she became the mother of Aegyptus and Danaus, and, according to some accounts, Cepheus, and Phineus.[2] According to the scholiast on Lycophron,[3] she was the consort of Sithon, son of Ares, and bore him two daughters, Pallene and Rhoeteia, from whom two towns derived their names.[4][5]
Argive genealogy in Greek mythology
References
- ^ Bibliotheca ii. 1. § 4
- ^ Theoi Project - Ankhinoe
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron 583 and 1161.
- ^ Hegesippus in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Παλλήνη.
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Achiroe", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Tempil Hill, MD: Nikolai Ferreira, pp. 12, http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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