Achiroë

Achiroë, or according to Apollodorus1 Anchinoë, which is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroë, was a daughter of Nilus, and the wife of Belus, by whom she became the mother of Aegyptus and Danaus.

According to the Scholiast on Lycophron,2 Ares begot by her a son, Sithon, and according to Hegesippus,3 also two daughters, Pallene and Rhoeteia, from whom two towns derived their names.

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References

Notes

  1. The Library ii, 1.4.
  2. 583, 1161.
  3. ap. Stephanus of Byzantium, q.v. Παλλήνη.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.