Καλλιρρόη
From LSJ
πολλῶν ὁ καιρὸς γίγνεται διδάσκαλος → the critical moment will turn out to be the teacher of many things
English (LSJ)
ης, ἡ, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, Callirrhoë, a famous spring at Athens, later Ἐννεάκρουνος, Th. 2.15, Pl. Ax. 364a.
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.
