Anchiroe of Thrace

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In Greek mythology, Anchiroe or Ankhiroê (Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη means 'pouring flow') was the consort of Sithon, son of Ares,[1] and the mother of two daughters, and Rhoetea, from whom two towns derived their names.[2][3] In some accounts, Achiroe was the mother of Sithon, Pallene and Rhoeteia by Ares instead.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 583 & 1161
  2. ^ Hegesippus in Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Pallene
  3. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Achiroe", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Tempil Hill, MD: Nikolai Ferreira, p. 12
  4. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 9780874365818.

References[]

  • Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. ISBN 9780874365818, 0874365813.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.


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