Anchiroe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Anchiroe (Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη Ankhiroê means "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:

• Anchiroe, an Arcadian nymph and nurse of the god Zeus.[1]
• Anchiroe, Argive daughter of the river god Erasinus. She is known for having received Britomartis.[2]
• Anchiroe, daughter of the river god Chremetes, wife of Psyllus, the man who made war against Notus, and mother by him of Crataigonos, a Libyan who joined Dionysusin his Indian campaign.[3]
• Anchiroe or Achiroe, daughter of Nilus and wife of Belus.[4]
• Anchiroe, consort of Sithon.[5]

Notes

1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.31.4
2. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40
3. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.380
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.4
5. Tzetzes on Lycophron 583 and 1161.

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.