In Greek mythology , the Hyades ( / ˈ h aɪ . ə . d iː z / ; Ancient Greek : Ὑάδες , romanized : Hyádes , popularly "rain-makers" or "the rainy ones"; from ὕω , hýō , 'I fall as rain', but probably from ὗς , hŷs , 'swine' ) are a sisterhood of nymphs that bring rain.
15-471: (Redirected from Callirhoe ) Callirrhoe ( / k ə ˈ l ɪr oʊ i / , Ancient Greek: Καλλιρρόη ; also Callirhoe ) may refer to: Callirhoe (mythology) , several figures in Greek mythology, including: Callirrhoe (Oceanid) , daughter of Oceanus and Tethys Callirrhoe (daughter of Achelous) Callirrhoe (Jordan) , site of baths near Zareth-shahar on
30-504: A hunting accident and the Hyades wept from their grief. They were changed into a cluster of stars, the Hyades , set in the head of Taurus . The Greeks believed that the heliacal rising and setting of the Hyades star cluster were always attended with rain, hence the association of the Hyades (sisters of Hyas) and the Hyades (daughters of ocean) with the constellation of the Hyades (rainy ones). The Hyades are also thought to have been
45-1291: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Callirhoe (mythology) Name of several characters in Greek mythology Greek deities series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Water deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Nymphs Alseid Anthousai Auloniad Aurae Crinaeae Daphnaie Dryads Eleionomae Epimeliads Hamadryads Hesperides Hyades Lampades Leuce Limnades Meliae Minthe Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides Semystra Thriae v t e [REDACTED] In Greek mythology , Callirrhoe , Callirhoe , Callirrhoë , or occasionally Kallirroi ( / k ə ˈ l ɪr oʊ iː / ; Ancient Greek : Καλλιρρόη , romanized : Kallirróē , lit. 'beautiful flow') may refer to
60-618: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text All set index articles Hyades (mythology) The Hyades were daughters of Atlas (by either Pleione or Aethra , one of the Oceanids ) and sisters of Hyas in most tellings, although one version gives their parents as Hyas and Boeotia . The Hyades are sisters to the Pleiades and the Hesperides . Their number varies from three in
75-1323: The Boeotian Phocus . Notes [ edit ] [REDACTED] Ancient Greece portal [REDACTED] Myths portal ^ Hesiod , Theogony 351 ^ Hyginus , Fabulae 145 ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron , 29 ^ Scholia ad Homer's Iliad 20.231 who refers to Hellanicus as his authority ^ Apollodorus , 3.12.2 ^ Dictys Cretensis , 4.22 ^ Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie . Amsterdam: Elsevier. ^ Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie . Utrecht: Het Spectrum. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium , s.v. Alabanda ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Bistonia ^ Pindar , Paean 2.1–2 (fr. 52b S–M) ^ Pausanias , 7.21.1 ^ Apollodorus, 3.7.6 ff ; Pausanias, 8.24.8 –10 ^ Plutarch , Parallela minora 23 ^ Plutarch , Amatoriae Narrationes 4 References [ edit ] Apollodorus , The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at
90-576: The Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Stephanus of Byzantium , Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at
105-626: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at
120-571: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at
135-714: The Topos Text Project. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Callirhoe_(mythology)&oldid=1259023584 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Queens in Greek mythology Children of Potamoi Princesses in Greek mythology Women of Ares Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
150-412: The earliest sources to fifteen in the late ones. The names are also variable, according to the mythographer, and include: Additionally, Thyone and Prodice were supposed to be daughters of Hyas by Aethra , and have been added to the group of stars. The main myth concerning them is envisioned to account for their collective name and to provide an etiology for their weepy raininess: Hyas was killed in
165-634: The eastern shore of the Dead Sea Callirrhoe (moon) , a moon of Jupiter Callirhoe (novel) , written by the ancient Greek author Chariton Callirhoe (plant) , a genus of plant within the family Malvaceae Callirhoé , an opera by the French composer André Cardinal Destouches, first performed on December 27, 1712 Callirhoé , the only ballet written by French composer Cécile Chaminade See also [ edit ] Calliroe , an opera by Antonio Sacchini Topics referred to by
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#1732765004148180-607: 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,
195-542: The naiad daughter of the river-god Nestus ( Nessus ) and mother of Biston , Odomas and Edonus by Ares . She was probably the sister of Thronia , another Thracian naiad. Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus . 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
210-480: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Callirrhoe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Callirrhoe&oldid=1253990735 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Short description
225-712: The tutors of Dionysus , in some tellings of the latter's infancy, and as such are equated with the Nysiads , the nymphs who are also believed to have cared for Dionysus, as well as with other reputed nurses of the god—the Lamides, the Dodonides and the nymphs of Naxos . Some sources relate that they were subject to aging, but Dionysus, to express his gratitude for having raised him, asked Medea to restore their youth. In Tennyson's poem, Ulysses recalls his travels of old: "I cannot rest from travel: I will drink - Life to
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