| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ροιω |
Rhoiô |
Rhoeo |
Flowing (rhoos) |
STRYMO or RHOIO was a Naiad Nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the city of Troy in the Troad (north-western Anatolia).
She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon.
| PARENTS |
[1.1] SKAMANDROS (Apollodorus 3.146, Tzetzes on Lycophron 18)
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| OFFSPRING |
[1.1] TITHONOS, LAMPOS, KLYTIOS, HIKETAON, PRIAMOS, HESIONE, KILLA, ASTYOKHE (by Laomedon) (Apollodorus 3.146)
[1.2] TITHONOS (by Laomedon) (Tzetzes on Lycophron 18 who calls her Rhoio) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
RHOEO (Rhoiô). A daughter of the river-god Scamander, became by Laomedon the mother of Tithonus. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 18.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 146 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"He [Laomedon] in turn married Strymo, daughter of Skamandros (the River Scamander) . . . and sired sons named Tithonos, Lampos, Klytios (Clytius), Hiketaon, and Podarkes (Podarces) [i.e. Priamos, Priam], and daughters Hesione, Killa (Cilla), and Astyokhe (Astyoche)."
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
Other references not currently quoted here: Tzetzes on Lycophron 18
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