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, Pallenaea 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, archived from the original on 2005-12-17, retrieved 2017-04-03
  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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