Chariclo

The daughter of Apollo. She was the wife of Chiron, the wise centaur, and by him the mother of Carystus and Ocyrrhoe. She lived with Chiron in a cave on Mount Pelion and became the foster mother of several famous heroes, among whom Achilles and Peleus. She is also mentioned as the daughter of Perses or Oceanus.

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References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Ovid. Metamorphoses ii, 636.
  • Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian Odes, iv, 181.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.