Kallichore_(mythology)

Callichore

Callichore

Greek nymph

In Greek mythology, Callichore or Kallichore (Classical Greek: Καλλιχόρη) is sometimes considered one of the Muses, and thus a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter); a scholion to Hesiod's Works and Days by John Tzetzes names her.[1][2] She is better known, however, as one of the Nysiads, nymphs who nursed Dionysus from Book 14 of the Dionysiaca by Nonnus.[3] Both the lunar crater Kallichore and Jupiter's moon Kallichore are named after her.

References

  1. [1]
    Ercoles, Marco; Pagani, Lara; Pontani, Filippomaria; Ucciardello, Giuseppe (2019-01-14). Approaches to Greek Poetry: Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, and Aeschylus in Ancient Exegesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-063188-3.
  2. [2]
    Gaisford, Thomas (1820). Poetæ minores Græci, præcipua lectionis varietate et indicibus locupletissimis instruxit T. Gaisford (in Greek).
  3. [3]
    "NONNUS, DIONYSIACA BOOK 14 - Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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