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ASTYOKHE

Greek Name

Αστυοχη

Transliteration

Astyokhê

Latin Spelling

Astyoche

Translation

Town-Possessing (astu, ochos)

ASTYOKHE (Astyoche) was the Naiad-nymph of a fresh-water spring or fountain of the town of Troy in the Troad (Anatolia). Her son Tros was the eponymous founding-king of the city.


PARENTS

SIMOEIS (Apollodorus 3.140)

OFFSPRING

TROS (by Erikhthonios) (Apollodorus 3.140)


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 140 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Erikhthonios (Erichthonius) inherited the rule [of the kingdom of the Troad], after marrying [the river] Simoeis' daughter Astyokhe (Astyoche) and fathering Tros."


SOURCES

GREEK

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