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Callirhoe





Callirhoe or '''Callirrhoe''' is the name of several women from Greek mythology:
  • Callirrhoe (naiad) , a daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids

  • Callirhoe, the daughter of Achelous , who berothed her to Alcmaeon

  • Callirhoe, a Calydonian woman who scorned a priest of Dionysus who in turn threatened to inflict all the women of Calydon with insanity (see Bacchae )


Callirhoe may also be:
  • ''Callirhoe'', the only novel known to have been written by the ancient Greek author Chariton

  • ''Callirhoé'', the only ballet written by French composer Cécile Chaminade

  • Callirhoe, the name of the waters Herod The Great seeked as relief from his terminal illness, said to be east of the Dead Sea

  • Athenian Callirhoe , a hotel in Athens