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Agciroh
Ankhirhoe
Anchirhoe,
Anchiroe
Pouring Flow
(anacheô, rhoos) |
ANKHIROE (or Anchiroe) was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of the Psylloi tribe on the River Khremetes 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) |
"Their [the armies of Libya in aide of Dionysos’ war against the Indians] masses came led by Krataigonos, whom Ankhiroe daughter of Khremetes brought forth on her father’s riverbank in that shortlasting union with Psyollos the harebrained; the bridegroom she held in her arms was the gods’ enemy." - Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.378
Sources:
- Nonnos, Dionysiaca - Greek Epic C5th AD
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