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Chariclo
(109 words)

(Χαρικλώ; Chariklṓ).

[German version]

[1] Wife of Chiron

Naiad; wife of  Chiron; daughter of Apollo, Perseus or Oceanus; mother of Carystus (Hes. Cat. fr. 42; Schol. Pind. Pyth. 4,182 Drachmann). Always depicted near to Chiron, also i.a. as a member of Peleus' and Thetis' marriage procession.

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[2] Nymph

Nymph; wife of Eueres. According to Pherecydes, being a favourite of Athena she obtains for her son  Teiresias, blinded by Athena, a staff and the gift of understanding the songs of birds (Ap…

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Bloch, René (Berne), “Chariclo”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 27 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e231690>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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