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Rhoeo (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Rhoeo (/ˈriːoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ῥοιώ Rhoiṓ) may refer to two distinct characters:

Rhoeo, a Trojan naiad as the daughter of the river Scamander. She was the mother of Tithonus by King Laomedon of Troy.^[1] Rhoeo was usually called Strymo.^[2]
Rhoeo, daughter of Staphylus and mother of Anius by Apollo.^[3]

^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 18.
^ Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 3.250 with Hellanicus as the authority & 11.5; Apollodorus, 3.12.3; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 18.
^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.62; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 570.

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