OCYRHOE (Okyrhoe) - Colchian Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Greek Name

Οκυρροη Οκυροη

Transliteration

Okyrrhoê, Okyrhoê

Latin Spelling

Ocyrhoe, Ocyroe

Translation

Fast-Flowing (ôkus, rhoos)

OKYRHOE (Ocyrhoe) was a Naiad-nymph of Kolkhis (Colchis), at the eastern end of the Black Sea, loved by the sun-god Helios.

PARENTS

Probably a daughter of OKEANOS & TETHYS

OFFSPRING

PHASIS (by Helios) (Pseudo-Plutarch On Rivers 5)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

R. E. Bell, Women of Classical Mythology (sourced from Pseudo-Plutarch On Rivers 5) :
"By Helios she was the mother of Phasis. Once after he was grown, Phasis surprised his mother with a lover and killed her. In despair he threw himself into the Arktouros River and drowned. Afterward the river was called the Phasis."

SOURCES

MODERN

• Women of Classical Mythology - English Encyclopedia of Mythology C20th A.D.

OTHER SOURCES

Other references not currently quoted here: Pseudo-Plutarch On Rivers 5.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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