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Rhoeo

Ῥοιώ).

1. A daughter of Staphylus and Chrysothemis, was beloved by Apollo. When her father discovered that she was with child, he put her in a chest, and exposed her to the waves of the sea. The chest floated to the coast of Euboea (or Delos), where Rhoeo gave birth to Anius (Diod. 5.62; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 570). Subsequently she was married to Zarex. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 580.)

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    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 5.62
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