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Callirrhoƫ

Greek mythology
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  • Alcmaeon

    …and, forgetting his wife, married CallirrhoĆ«, the daughter of the river god. CallirrhoĆ« 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, CallirrhoĆ« prayed that her two young sons might grow to manhood at once and…

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    …and, forgetting his wife, married CallirrhoĆ«, the daughter of the river god. CallirrhoĆ« 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, CallirrhoĆ« prayed that her two young sons might grow to manhood at once and…

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