Callirrhoe (naiad)

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In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe or Callirhoe (Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη, meaning "Beautiful Flow," often written Callirrhoë) was a naiad. She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.[1][2] She had three husbands, Chrysaor, Neilus and Poseidon. She was one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Abarbarea and Drosera.[3] Jupiter's moon Callirrhoe is named after her.

Children

References

  1. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 351
  2. ↑ Homeric Hymn 2, 417
  3. ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 40. 535 ff
  4. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony, 287, 981
  5. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 5. 10
  6. ↑ Stesichorus fragments 512-513, 587
  7. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface & 151
  8. ↑ Servius on Virgil, Aeneid, 4. 250
  9. ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 875
  10. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 12. 2


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