Callirhoe

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Callirhoe or Callirrhoe may mean:

• Callirhoe (genus), a genus of plant within the Mallow family
• Callirrhoe (moon), a moon of Jupiter

Callirhoe or Callirrhoe is the name of several women from Greek mythology:

• Callirhoê, daughter of Lycus, who betrayed her father to her lover, Diomedes.
• Callirrhoe (naiad), a daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids
• Callirhoe, the daughter of Achelous, who berothed her to Alcmaeon
• Callirhoe, a Calydonian woman who scorned a priest of Dionysus who in turn threatened to inflict all the women of Calydon with insanity (see Bacchae)

Callirhoe may also be:

• Callirhoe, the only novel known to have been written by the ancient Greek author Chariton
• Callirhoé, the only ballet written by French composer Cécile Chaminade
• Callirhoe, the name of the waters Herod the Great seeked as relief from his terminal illness, said to be east of the Dead Sea
• Athenian Callirhoe, a hotel in Athens