ASTYOKHE
Greek Name
Αστυοχη
Transliteration
Astyokhê
Latin Spelling
Astyoche
Translation
Town-Possessing (astu, ochos)
ASTYOKHE (Astyoche) was the Naiad-nymph of a fresh-water spring or fountain of the town of Troy in the Troad (Anatolia). Her son Tros was the eponymous founding-king of the city.
PARENTS
SIMOEIS (Apollodorus 3.140)
OFFSPRING
TROS (by Erikhthonios) (Apollodorus 3.140)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 140 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Erikhthonios (Erichthonius) inherited the rule [of the kingdom of the Troad], after marrying [the river] Simoeis' daughter Astyokhe (Astyoche) and fathering Tros."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
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