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STRYMO
 

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Strumw
Strymô
Strymo
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Roiw
Rhoiô
Rhoeo
Flowing (rhoos)

STRYMO or RHOIO was a Naiad Nymph of a spring, well or fountain of the city of Troy in Mysia (Anatolia).

She was the wife of the Trojan King Laomedon.

PARENTS

[1.1] SKAMANDROS (Apollodorus 3.146, Tzetzes on Lycophron 18)

OFFSPRING
[1.1] TITHONOS, LAMPOS, KLYTIOS, HIKETAON, PRIAMOS, HESIONE, KILLA, ASTYOKHE (by Laomedon) (Apollodorus 3.146)
[1.2] TITHONOS (by Laomedon) (Tzetzes on Lycophron 18 who calls her Rhoio)

ENCYCLOPEDIA

RHOEO (Rhoiô). A daughter of the river-god Scamander, became by Laomedon the mother of Tithonus. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 18.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

"He [Laomedon] in turn married Strymo, daughter of Skamandros … and sired sons named Tithonos, Lampos, Klytios, Hiketaon, and Podarkes [King Priamos], and daughters Hesione, Killa, and Astyokhe." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.146


Sources:

  • Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC

Other references not currently quoted here: Tzetzes on Lycophron 18