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Okurroh
Okyrrhoê
Ocyrrhoe
Fast-Flowing
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Okuroh
Okyrhoê
Ocyrhoe, Ocyroe
Fast-Flowing
(ôkus, rhoos) |
OKYRHOE (or Ocyrhoe) was a Naiad Nymph of the River Imbrasos of the island of Samos (Greek Aegean).
She was pursued and raped by the god Apollon.
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IMBRASOS & KHESIAS (Athenaeus 7.283)
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"Apollonios of Rhodes or of Naukratis says that the pilot-fish was once actually a human being and a ferryman. And Apollon fell in love with a maiden and attempted to lie with her, but she escaped and came to Miletos and implored one Pompilos, a seaman, to conduct her across the strait. He agreed to do so, but Apollon appeared and seized the maiden, turned the ship to stone, and transformed Pompilos into this fish." - Aelian, On Animals 15.23
Sources:
- Aelian, On Animals - Greek Natural History C2nd - C3rd AD
Other references not currently quoted here: Athenaeus 7.283
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