Rhoeo

In Greek mythology, Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus was the lover of Apollocite book | last =Müller | first =Karl Otfried Müller | title =Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology (Translated by John Leitch) | publisher =Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans | date =1844 | location =Original from the University of Michigan | pages =Page 341 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=PXhIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA341&dq=Staphylus+grape&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 | doi = | id = ] and mother of Anius. When her father discovered her pregnancy, he believed she was impregnated by a man rather than a god. He placed her in a chest and cast her out to sea (parallel to Perseus). She landed on the island of Delos, which was sacred to Apollo. She gave birth to Anius on the island and he became a priest of Apollo. Later, he gave aid to Aeneas and his retinue when they were travelling from Troy to the future site of Rome.

References

* [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/staphylus.html Encyclopedia Mythica - Staphylus]