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In Greek mythology, Anchiroe ( Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη Ankhiroê means "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:
- Anchiroe, also Anchirhoe (Ἀγχιρόη), an Arcadian nymph who together with other nymphs, Neda, Anthracia, Hagno and Myrtoessa, were nurses of the god Zeus. She was depicted to carry water-pots with what is meant to be water coming down from her. [1]
- Anchiroe, one of the Erasinides, Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Erasinus. She and her sisters, Byze, Maera and Melite, 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 Dionysus in his Indian campaign. [3]
- Anchiroe or Achiroe, daughter of Nilus and wife of Belus. [4]
- Anchiroe, consort of Sithon. [5]
Notes
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus, The Library 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
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Greek deities series |
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| Nymphs |
In Greek mythology, Anchiroe ( Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη Ankhiroê means "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:
- Anchiroe, also Anchirhoe (Ἀγχιρόη), an Arcadian nymph who together with other nymphs, Neda, Anthracia, Hagno and Myrtoessa, were nurses of the god Zeus. She was depicted to carry water-pots with what is meant to be water coming down from her. [1]
- Anchiroe, one of the Erasinides, Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Erasinus. She and her sisters, Byze, Maera and Melite, 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 Dionysus in his Indian campaign. [3]
- Anchiroe or Achiroe, daughter of Nilus and wife of Belus. [4]
- Anchiroe, consort of Sithon. [5]
Notes
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus, The Library 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.