In Greek mythology, Biston (/ˈbɪstən/ BIST-ən; Ancient Greek: Βίστων or Βιστών) was the son of Ares and Callirrhoe, daughter of river-god Nestus. His two brothers were Odomas and Edonus (eponyms of two Thracian tribes, the Odomanti and the Edoni). Alternately, he was called son of Paeon and grandson of Ares. In some accounts, he was the son of either the Muses Terpsichorus or Calliope.
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👉 Biston in the context of Bistonis
Bistonis is a nymph in Greek mythology who gave birth to a son of Ares, Tereus. Although she is mentioned in several surviving classical texts, she is the main subject of few or none. In at least one poem, written by Moschus in the 3rd century BCE, Lake Bistonis, in Thrace, is referred to as being her lake, and that lake is described as having a population of nymphs:
Her name is similar to the name of a city in Thrace, Bistonia, said in ancient Greek mythology to have been built on the shores of that lake by Biston, who was the son of Ares and Callirrhoe.
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Biston in the context of Callirhoe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Callirrhoe, Callirhoe, or Callirrhoë (/kəˈlɪroʊiː/; Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη, romanized: Kallirróē, lit. 'beautiful flow') may refer to the following characters:
- Callirrhoe, one of the Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of Geryon by Chrysaor.
- Callirhoe, wife of Peiras, son of King Argus of Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe. She was the mother of Argus, Arestorides and Triopas.
- Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river god Scamander, wife of Tros, and thus, mother of Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and possibly, Cleomestra.
- Callirhoe, daughter of Meander and consort of Car.
- Callirhoe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nestus (Nessus) and mother of Biston, Odomantus, Mygdon and Edonus by Ares. She was probably the sister of Thronia, another Thracian naiad.
- Callirhoë, a maiden who was loved by Coresus, but she rejected him. Coresus prayed to Dionysus to avenge him, and Dionysus sent a plague that could only stop if Callirhoë was sacrificed to the god.
- Callirrhoe, daughter of the river-god Achelous, who betrothed her to Alcmaeon.
- Callirhoe, daughter of Lycus, king of Libya. She fell in love with Diomedes and saved him from being sacrificed to Ares by her father. After Diomedes left Libya, she hanged herself.
- Callirhoe, daughter of the Boeotian Phocus.