Callirhoe
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Callĭrhŏē¹⁴ (-rŏē), ēs, f.,
1 Callirhoé [fille d’Achéloüs] : Ov. M. 9, 414
2 fontaine près d’Athènes : Stat. Th. 12, 629
3 fontaine d’eau chaude de Palestine : Plin. 5, 72
4 autre nom d’Édessa en Arabie : Plin. 5, 86.
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.
