Callirhoe
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Callirhoe is an Oceanid. She is possibly the mother of Echidna, with Chrysaor as the father.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Hesiod's Theogony (c. 8th – 7th century BC).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Peiras, Tartarus, Phanes, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Styx, Doris, Electra, Metis, Tethys, Clymene, Idyia, Perseis, Phorcys, Ceto, Gaia, Oceanid, Oceanus
- consort of
- Chrysaor
- child of
- Achelous
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“however the "she" might instead refer to the Oceanid Callirhoe, which would make Medusa's offspring Chrysaor the father of Echidna. The mythographer Pherecydes of Athens (5th century BC) has Echidna as the daughter of Phorcys, without naming a mother.”
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“Other notable Oceanids include: Perseis, wife of the Titan sun god Helios and mother of Circe, and Aeetes the king of Colchis; Idyia, wife of Aeetes and mother of Medea; and Callirhoe, the wife of Chrysaor and mother of Geryon.”
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