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Callirrhoë
Greek mythology
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association with Alcmaeon legend
- In Alcmaeon
…and, forgetting his wife, married Callirrhoë, the daughter of the river god. Callirrhoë coveted the necklace, and Alcmaeon, having returned to get it from his wife, was killed by Arsinoë’s brothers (Phegeus’s sons). On Alcmaeon’s death, Callirrhoë prayed that her two young sons might grow to manhood at once and…
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