Acallaris in the context of Callirhoe (mythology)


Acallaris in the context of Callirhoe (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Acallaris (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαλλαρίς) was the daughter of Eumedes. According to some accounts she married the Trojan king, Tros of whom she had a son Assaracus, also a king of Troy. Some writers gave the name Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander as the wife of Tros and became the mother of his sons. Other possible children of Tros and Acallaris are Ilus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and Cleomestra.

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Acallaris in the context of Tros (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Tros (/ˈtrɒs/; Ancient Greek: Τρώς, Ancient Greek: [trɔ́ːs]) was the founder of the kingdom of Troy, of which the city of Ilios, founded by his son Ilus took the same name, and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche (daughter of the river god Simoeis) or of Ilus I, from whom he inherited the throne. Tros was the father of three sons: Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede and two daughters, Cleopatra and Cleomestra. He is the eponym of Troy, also named Ilion for his son Ilus. Tros's wife was said to be Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes.

Another Tros was a Trojan warrior. According to Homer's Iliad, he is the son of the Lycian Alastor and he was slain by Achilles.

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Acallaris in the context of Cleomestra

In Greek mythology, Cleomestra was a Trojan princess as daughter of King Tros and probably, Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. She was the sister of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede and possibly, Cleopatra. Cleomestra became the mother of Assaracus, Antenor and maybe of Alcathous by Aesyetes. Cleomestra and Cleopatra, as daughters of Tros are probably the same person.

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Acallaris in the context of Eumedes

Eumedes (Ancient Greek: Εὐμήδης) was a name attributed to seven individuals in Greek mythology.

  • Eumedes, father of Acallaris who married Tros, king of Dardania.
  • Eumedes, a Calydonian son of Melas. He, along with his brothers, were killed for plotting against Oeneus.
  • Eumedes, son of Hippocoon, the king of Sparta. His tomb was located in the city.
  • Eumedes, the Thespian son of Heracles and Lyse, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Eumedes and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, for a week or in the course of 50 days while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a colony.
  • Eumedes, priest of Athena. When the Heracleidae invaded, Eumedes was suspected of wishing to betray the Palladium to them. Being afraid, he took the Palladium and took it to be hill called Creion.
  • Eumedes (also Eumeles) a famous herald among the Trojans. He was the father of Dolon and of five daughters.
  • Eumedes, son of Dolon and a companion of Aeneas. He was killed by Turnus.
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