Anchiroe of Thrace
wife of Sithon in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Anchiroe or Ankhiroê (Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη means 'pouring flow'), also called Anchinoe or Archinoe, was the consort of Sithon, son of Ares, and the mother of two daughters, Pallene and Rhoetea, from whom two towns derived their names. In some accounts, Achiroe was the mother of Sithon, Pallene and Rhoeteia by Ares instead.
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Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. ISBN 9780874365818, 0874365813.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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