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Okurroh
Okyrrhoê
Ocyrrhoe
Fast-Flowing
(ôkus, rhoos) |
Okuroh
Okyrhoê
Ocyrhoe, Ocyroe
Fast-Flowing
(ôkus, rhoos) |
OKYRHOE (or Ocyrhoe) was a Naiad Nymph of Kolkhis at the eastern end of the Black Sea.
She was loved by the sun god Helios.
"By Helios she was the mother of Phasis. Once after he was grown, Phasis surprised his mother with a lover and killed her. In despair he threw himself into the Arkturos River and drowned. Afterward the river was called the Phasis." - R. E. Bell, Women of Classical Mythology (sourced from Pseudo-Plutarch On Rivers 5)
Sources:
- Women of Classical Mythology - English Encyclopedia of Mythology C20th AD
Other references not currently quoted here: Pseudo-Plutarch On Rivers 5
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