Achiroe [61427]

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Achiroë or Anchirrhoë (Greek : ), or according to Apollodorus Anchinoë ([1] 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 .[2] According to the scholiast on Lycophron ,[3] Ares begot by her a son, Sithon, and according to Hegesippus ,[4] also two daughters, Pallenaea and Rhoeteia, from whom two towns derived their names.[5]
References
1. ^ Apollodorus , ii. 1. § 4
2. ^ Theoi Project - Ankhinoe <http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheAnkhinoe.html>
3. ^ Schol. Lycophron 583 and 1161.
4. ^ Hegesippus , apud Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. .
5. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Achiroe <http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html>", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology </wiki/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology>, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 12, <http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html>

Achiroe married Belus king of Egypt [61424] [MRIN: 551617641], son of Poseidon [61433] and Libya [61434].