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KHREMETES

Greek Name

Χρεμετης

Transliteration

Khremetês

Latin Spelling

Chremetes

Translation

River Chremetes

KHREMETES (Chremetes) was a river-god of western Libya (modern Libya).

The only other major North African river personified by the Greeks was the Neilos (Nile).

PARENTS

Presumably OKEANOS & TETHYS

OFFSPRING

ANKHIROE (Dionysiaca 13.380)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. 378 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"[Krataigonos (Crataegonus) and his Libyans joined the army of Dionysos in their campaign against the Indians :] Their masses came led by Krataigonos, whom Ankhiroe (Anchiroe) daughter of Khremetes (Chremetes) brought forth on her father's riverbank in that shortlasting union with Psyllos (Psyllus) the harebrained; the bridegroom she held in her arms was the gods' enemy."

SOURCES

GREEK

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