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Anchinoe of Egypt, daughter of the Nile

Female - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Anchinoe of Egypt, daughter of the Nile  
    Gender Female 
    Name Achiroe 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achiroe


      Achiroë«/b» or «b»Anchirrhoë«/b» («u»Greek «/u»: ), or according to «u»Apollodorus «/u» Anchinoë («u»[1]«/u» which is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroë, was in «u»Greek mythology «/u» a «u»naiad «/u», a daughter of the river-god «u»Nilus «/u». She was also the wife of «u»Belus «/u», by whom she became the mother of «u»Aegyptus «/u» and «u»Danaus «/u», and, according to some accounts, «u»Cepheus «/u», and «u»Phineus «/u».«u»[2]«/u» According to the «u»scholiast «/u» on «u»Lycophron «/u»,«u»[3]«/u» «u»Ares «/u» begot by her a son, Sithon, and according to «u»Hegesippus «/u»,«u»[4]«/u» also two daughters, Pallenaea and Rhoeteia, from whom two towns derived their names.«u»[5]«/u»
      «b»References
      «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Apollodorus «/u», ii. 1. § 4
      «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Theoi Project - Ankhinoe <http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheAnkhinoe.html>«/u»
      «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Schol.«/i» Lycophron 583 and 1161.
      «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Hegesippus «/u», «u»«i»apud Stephanus of Byzantium «/u» s.v. «/i».
      «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "«u»Achiroe <http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html>«/u»", in Smith, William, «u»«i»Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology «/u»«/i», «b»1«/b», Boston, MA, pp. 12, «u»<http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0021.html>«/u»
    Person ID I61427  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 2 May 2015 

    Father Nilus, the River God   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Callirrhoe the Oceanid   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F551617643  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Belus, king of Egypt   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Aegyptus, King of Egypt   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Danaus, King of Argos   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F551617641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013