Achiroe

Achiroe

Achiroe (Greek: polytonic|Αχιρόη), or according to Apollodorus Anchinoë, [Apollodorus, ii. 1. § 4] which is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroë, was in Greek mythology a naiad, a daughter of the river-god Nilus. She was also the wife of Belus, by whom she became the mother of Aegyptus and Danaus, and, according to some accounts, Cepheus, and Phineus. [ [http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheAnkhinoe.html Theoi Project - Ankhinoe] ] According to the scholiast on Lycophron, ["Schol." Lycophr. 583 and 1161.] Ares begot by her a son, Sithon, and according to Hegesippus, [Hegesippus, "apud Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Παλλήνη".] also two daughters, Pallenaea and Rhoeteia, from whom two towns derived their names. [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Achiroe
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 12
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html]

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