Callirhoe (Greek mythology)
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe (/kəˈlɪroʊiː/; also Callirhoe) may refer to the following characters:
- Callirrhoe (Oceanid), one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon.[1]
- Callirhoe, wife of Peiras, son of King Argus of Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe. She was the mother of Argus, Arestorides and Triopas.[2]
- Callirhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, wife of Tros, mother of Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede.[3]
- Callirhoe (daughter of Meander), daughter of Meander and consort of Car.
- Callirhoe, daughter of Nestus, mother of Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares
- Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus.[4]
- Callirrhoe,daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon.[5]
- Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Lycia. She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father. After Diomedes left Lycia, she hanged herself.[6]
- Callirhoe, daughter of the Boeotian Phocus
References
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 351, Homeric Hymn 2, 417
- ↑ Hyginus. Fables 145
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Library Book 3.12.2
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.21.1
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Library Book 3.7.6 ff, Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.24.8-10
- ↑ Plutarch, Parallela minora 23
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