Καλλιρρόη

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οὐ καταισχυνῶ τὰ ὅπλα τὰ ἱερά → I will never bring reproach upon my hallowed arms

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
Callirrhoè, source à Athènes.
Étymologie: cf. καλλίρροος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Καλλιρρόη: и Καλλῐρόη ἡ Каллироя
1) одна из Океанид HH, Hes.;
2) важнейший источник водоснабжения Афин, в юго-вост. части города Thuc.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe or occasionally Kallirroi (/kəˈlɪroʊiː/; Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη meaning "beautiful flow") may refer to the following characters:

  • Callirrhoe (Oceanid), one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor.
  • Callirhoe, wife of Peiras, son of King Argus of Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe. She was the mother of Argus, Arestorides and Triopas.
  • Callirhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, wife of Tros, and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly, Cleomestra.
  • Callirhoe, daughter of Meander and consort of Car.
  • Callirhoe, daughter of Nestus, mother of Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares.
  • Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus.
  • Callirrhoe, daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon.
  • Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Libya. She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father. After Diomedes left Libya, she hanged herself.
  • Callirhoe, daughter of the Boeotian Phocus.