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Kallirroh
Kallirrhoê,
Callirhoe
Beautifully Flowing
(kalli-, rhoos) |
Kalliroh
Kallirhoê
Calliroe
Beautifully Flowing
(kalli-, rhoos) |
KALLIRHOE (or Callirhoe) was a Naiad Nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the city of Troy (Anatolia).
She was the wife of the town's founder King Tros.
| PARENTS |
| SKAMANDROS (Apollodorus 3.141) |
| OFFSPRING |
| GANYMEDES, ILOS, ASSARAKOS, KLEOPATRA (by Tros) (Apollodorus 3.141) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
CALLI′RRHOE (Kallirroê). A daughter of Scamander, the wife of Tros, and mother of Ilus and Ganymedes. (Apollod. iii. 12. § 2.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Tros [King of Troy] married Skamandros’ daughter Kallirrhoe, had a daughter Kleopatra, and sons Ilos, Assarakos, and Ganymedes. Because of his beauty, Zeus kidnapped Ganymedes by means of an eagle, and set him as cupbearer in the sky." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.141
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
Other references not currently quoted here: Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.62.1
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