Chariclo ( or ; grc, Χαρικλώ, Khariklṓ, graceful spinner) is either of two
nymphs in
Greek mythology:
* Chariclo, a
nymph who was married the
centaur
A centaur ( ; grc, κένταυρος, kéntauros; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being ...
Chiron and became the mother of
Hippe,
Endeïs,
Ocyrhoe, and
Carystus. In some accounts, she was described as the daughter of
Apollo,
Perses
Perses may refer to:
Characters in Greek mythology
* Perses (Titan), son of the Titan siblings, Crius and Eurybia
* Perses (son of Perseus)
* Perses (brother of Aeetes), a son of Helios and the Oceanid Perseis
People
* Perses (brother of Hesiod ...
or
Oceanus
In Greek mythology, Oceanus (; grc-gre, , Ancient Greek pronunciation: , also Ὠγενός , Ὤγενος , or Ὠγήν ) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods a ...
. Chariclo together with her mother-in-law
Philyra the
Oceanid
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (; grc, Ὠκεανίδες, Ōkeanídes, pl. of grc, Ὠκεανίς, Ōkeanís, label=none) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters o ...
, 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.
[ Apollodorus]
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Notes
References
* Pindar, ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pseudo-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
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
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