Callirhoe


 
 

Callirhoe or Callirrhoe may mean:

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  • Callirhoe (genus), a genus of plant within the Mallow family
  • Callirrhoe (moon), a moon of Jupiter
  • Callirhoe or Callirrhoe is the name of several women from Greek mythology:

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  • 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:

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  • Callirhoe, the only novel known to have been written by the ancient Greek author Chariton
  • Callirho?, the only ballet written by French composer C?cile 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

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