Callirhoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, Callirrhoë, or occasionally Kallirroi (/kəˈlɪroʊiː/; Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη, romanized: Kallirróē, lit. 'beautiful flow') may refer to the following characters:

• Callirrhoe, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor.
• Callirhoe, wife of Peiras, son of King Argus of Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe. She was the mother of Argus, Arestorides and Triopas.
• Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river god Scamander, wife of Tros, and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly, Cleomestra.
• Callirhoe, daughter of Meander and consort of Car.
• Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nestus (Nessus) and mother of Biston, Odomantus, Mygdon and Edonus by Ares. She was probably the sister of Thronia, another Thracian naiad.
• Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus.
• Callirrhoe, daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon.
• Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Libya. She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father. After Diomedes left Libya, she hanged herself.
• Callirhoe, daughter of the Boeotian Phocus.