Anchiroe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Anchiroe or Ankhiroê (Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:
- Anchiroe, an Arcadian nymph and nurse of the god Zeus.[1]
- Anchiroe, Argive daughter of the river god Erasinus. She is known for having received Britomartis.[2]
- Anchiroe, daughter of the river god Chremetes, wife of Psyllus, the man who made war against Notus, and mother by him of Crataigonos, a Libyan who joined Dionysusin his Indian campaign.[3]
- Anchiroe or Achiroe, daughter of Nilus and wife of Belus.[4]
References
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece 8.31.4. English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40. Translated by Celoria.
- ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca Book 13.380. Translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940
- ↑ Apollodorus, The Library, Book 2.1.4 with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921
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