Ocyrhoe

In Greek mythology, Ocyrhoe or Ocyrrhoe refers to three characters.

• Ocyrhoe was a daughter of Chiron and Chariclo. Ocyrhoe was transformed into a horse because she told her father Chiron his exact fate. She revealed that he would forsake his immortality to be spared the agonizing pain of a serpent’s poison. For this transgression, Ocyrhoe's ability to speak was taken. One might assume that she turned into a horse because her father was a centaur, and because she had long, auburn hair.

• Ocyrrhoe, one of the Oceanids.^[1]

• Ocyrrhoe, a nymph. She was the mother, by Hippasus, of Charops, Socus, Apisaon, Agelaus, Pammon, and Hippomedon.^[2]

Modern references

The Centaur (planetoid) 52872 Okyrhoe is named after this figure.

A character in The Mongoliad is named Ochyroe.

References

1. ^ Hesiod. Theogony.
2. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus. The Fall of Troy.