Callirhoe or Callirrhoe may mean:
Callirhoe (genus), a genus of plant within the Mallow family
Callirrhoe (moon), a moon of JupiterCallirhoe or Callirrhoe is the name of several women from Greek mythology:Callirhoê, daughter of
Lycus, who betrayed her father to her lover,
Diomedes.
Callirrhoe (naiad), a daughter of Oceanus and mother of
Echidna, one of the
OceanidsCallirhoe, the daughter of the river-god
Achelous, who betrothed her to
AlcmaeonCallirhoe, a woman of
Calydon who scorned, Coresus, a priest of Dionysus who in turn threatened to inflict all the women of Calydon with a plague that led to insanity (see
Bacchae). In the end Coresus sacrificed himself to save her from being sacrificed. Callirhoe, in remorse, cut her throat.Callirhoe, daughter of the river-god
Scamander and the
nymph Idaea. She had four children by
Tros: Cleopatra,
Ilus,
Assaracus, and
Ganymedes. Other sources say that Tros was instead her son by
Erichthonius.Callirhoe, wife of Piras, son of king
Argus of
ArgosCallirhoe, one of the three
naiads who are the mothers of the Tyrian race. They were joined to the sons of the soil.
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[Greek] The daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna. The daughter of Achelous. She married Alcmaeon. A girl from Calydon who scorned the love of a priest of Dionysus. The god then threatened to inflict all the women of Calydon with madness. An oracle ordered the priest to sacrifice Callirhoë, but in desperation the man killed himself. The girl threw herself in a well, which from that moment on carried her name.
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