Ocyrhoe in the context of "Ocyrhoë (Samian nymph)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Ocyrhoe

Ocyrhoe (/ˈsɪr/; Ancient Greek: Ὠκυρόη) or Ocyrrhoe (Ὠκυρρόη) refers to at least five characters in Greek mythology.

  • Ocyrrhoe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. She was the mother of Phasis by Helios. Ocyrhoe may refer to 'speed and mobility'.
  • Ocyrhoe, daughter of Chiron and Chariclo. She was transformed into a horse because she told her father Chiron his exact fate. Ocyrhoe revealed that he would forsake his immortality to be spared the agonizing pain of a serpent's poison. For this transgression, Ocyrhoe's ability to speak was taken. One might assume that she turned into a horse because her father was a centaur, and because she had long, auburn hair.
  • Ocyrrhoe or Ocyone, a naiad-nymph. She was the mother, by Hippasus, of Hippomedon (a defender of Troy), to whom she gave birth on the banks of River Sangarius. Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.
  • Ocyrhoë, the nymph daughter of the river god Imbrasus and Chesias, a noble maiden. While in Miletus at a festival in honor of Artemis, she caught Apollo's attention and, fleeing from his advances, asked Pompilus, a seafarer and an old friend of her father, to take her home. Pompilus took her on board the ship, but Apollo caught up with them, took the girl and then changed the ship into stone and Pompilus into a fish.
  • Ocyrrhoe, a nymph of Mysia, mother of Caicus by Hermes.
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Ocyrhoe in the context of Chariclo

Chariclo (/kəˈrɪkl/ or /ˈkærɪkl/; Ancient Greek: Χαρικλώ, romanizedKhariklṓ) is either of two nymphs in Greek mythology:

  • Chariclo, a nymph who was married to the centaur Chiron and became the mother of Hippe, Endeïs, Ocyrhoe, and Carystus. According to a scholium on Pindar, she was the daughter of either Apollo, Perses or Oceanus. Chariclo together with her mother-in-law Philyra the Oceanid, were the nurses of the young Achilles.
  • Chariclo, a nymph devotee of Athena, who became pregnant by a shepherd, Everes, giving birth to the prophet Tiresias. Tiresias was struck blind by Athena after seeing her naked. Chariclo begged Athena to give Tiresias his sight back, but the goddess could not undo her curse. She gave him the gift of prophecy instead.
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Ocyrhoe in the context of Alcippe (mythology)

Alcippe (/ˌælˈsɪp/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίππη Alkippē) was a name attributed to a number of figures in Greek mythology.

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Ocyrhoe in the context of Hippomedon

Hippomedon (/hɪˈpɒmɪdən/; Ἰππομέδων, gen.: Ἰππομέδοντος) may refer to several figures in Greek mythology:

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Ocyrhoe in the context of Hippasus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Hippasus or Hippasos (Ancient Greek: Ἴππασος) is the name of fourteen characters.

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Ocyrhoe in the context of Carystus (mythology)

Carystus or Carystos (/kəˈrɪstəs/; Ancient Greek: Κάρυστος) or Carycus, in Greek mythology, was the son of Chiron and a nymph Chariclo, brother of Hippe, Endeïs and Ocyrhoe. Carystus was the father of Zarex, and also, a certain Aristaeus. In another version of the myth, his son Petraeus was the father of Zarax instead. The town of Carystus on Euboea took the name from him.

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