Callirhoe_(mythology)
Callirhoe (mythology)
Name of several characters in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, Callirrhoë, or occasionally Kallirroi (/kəˈlɪroʊiː/; Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη, romanized: Kallirróē, lit. 'beautiful flow') may refer to the following characters:
- Callirrhoe, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor.[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,[3][4] and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra[5] and possibly, Cleomestra[6]. [7][8]
- Callirhoe, daughter of Meander and consort of Car.[9]
- Callirhoe, naiad daughter of Nestus (Nessus), mother of Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares.[10]
- Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus.[11]
- Callirrhoe, daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon.[12]
- Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Libya. She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father. After Diomedes left Libya, she hanged herself.[13]
- Callirhoe, daughter of the Boeotian Phocus.[14]
