ALEXIROE (Alexirhoe) - Trojan Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Transliteration

Alexirhoê

Translation

Averting Flow (alexô, rhoos)

ALEXIRHOE was a Naiad-nymph of the springs of the River Grenikos (Granicus) on Mount Ida in the Troad. She was loved by the Trojan king Priamos (Priam).

PARENTS

GRENIKOS (Ovid Metamorphoses 11.762)

OFFSPRING

AISAKOS (by Priamos) (Ovid Metamorphoses 11.762)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Ovid, Metamorphoses 11. 762 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Alexiroe, daughter of two-horned Granicus, secretly, its said, on Ida's shady mountainside bore Aesacus [to Priam]."

SOURCES

ROMAN

• Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.

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