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Greek Mythology >> Nymphs >> Naiads >> Anchiroe (Ankhiroe)

ANKHIROE

Greek Name

Αγχιροη

Transliteration

Ankhiroê

Latin Spelling

Anchirhoe, Anchiroe

Translation

Pouring Flow (anacheô, rhoos)

ANKHIROE (Anchiroe) was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the main town of the Psylloi tribe on the River Khremetes (Chremetes) in Libya (North Africa). She was the wife of Psyllos, the eponymous first king of the tribe.

PARENTS

KHREMETES (Nonnus Dionysiaca 13.380)

OFFSPRING

KRATAIGONOS (by Psyllos) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 13.380)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. 378 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
" [Libyans joined the army Dionysos for his campaign against the Indians :] Their masses came led by Krataigonos (Crataegonus), whom Ankhiroe (Anchiroe) daughter of [the river] 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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