Achiroe

Achiroë /əˈkɪroʊiː/ 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

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology

Inachus Melia Zeus Io Phoroneus Epaphus Memphis Libya Poseidon Belus Achiroë Agenor Telephassa Danaus Pieria Aegyptus Cadmus Cilix Europa Phoenix Mantineus Hypermnestra Lynceus Harmonia Zeus Polydorus Sparta Lacedaemon Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus

Colour key:      Men      Women      Olympians

References

1. Bibliotheca ii. 1. § 4
2. Theoi Project - Ankhinoe
3. Tzetzes on Lycophron 583 and 1161.
4. Hegesippus in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Παλλήνη.
5. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Achiroe", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Tempil Hill, MD: Nikolai Ferreira, p. 12

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.