Editing Rhoeo

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Rhoeo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|iː|oʊ}}; {{langx|grc|Ῥοιώ|Rhoiṓ}}) was a lover of [[Apollo]] and mother of [[Anius]], king of [[Delos]] and priest of Apollo.

== Family ==
Rhoeo was the daughter of [[Staphylus (son of Dionysus)|Staphylus]], son of [[Dionysus]] and [[Ariadne]], and [[Chrysothemis (daughter of Carmanor)|Chrysothemis]], daughter of [[Carmanor (of Crete)|Carmanor]]. Her sisters were [[Parthenos (Greek myth)|Parthenos]] and [[Molpadia]] (later named [[Hemithea (mythology)|Hemithea]]).

In one account, Rhoeo was named as one of the possible mothers of the hero [[Jason]] by [[Aeson]].<ref name="Tzetz. Chil.">[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#6.977 6.979]</ref>

== Mythology ==
[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]] relates that she once experienced a great jealousy of her sister Hemithea when Staphylus arranged for the latter to spend a night with [[Lyrcus]], his guest, whom both Hemithea and Rhoeo fell in love with.<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#1 1] with sources— ''Lyrcus'' of [[Nicaenetus of Samos|Nicaenetus]] and the ''Caunus'' of [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]]</ref>

She became the lover of [[Apollo]] and by him the mother of [[Anius]]. When her father discovered her pregnancy, he believed she was impregnated by a man rather than a god. He placed her in a chest and cast her out to sea (parallel to [[Danae]] and [[Perseus (mythology)|Perseus]]).  She landed on the island of [[Delos]], which was sacred to Apollo. She gave birth to a son on the island and named him Anius (as if from {{lang|grc|ἀνιάομαι}} "to suffer"); she then put him on the altar of Apollo and prayed to the god that the baby be saved if it was his. Apollo concealed the child for a while, then raised him and taught him the art of divination and granted him certain honors.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#62.1 5.62.1]; Tzetzes ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#570 570]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}

Rhoeo eventually married [[Zarex]], son of [[Carystus (mythology)|Carystus]] or Carycus, who accepted Anius as his son. She had two more children with him.<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#580 580]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} Later, becoming a priest of Apollo and the king of Delos, Anius gave aid to [[Aeneas]] and his retinue when they were travelling from [[Troy]] to the future site of [[Rome, Italy|Rome]].

== See also ==
* {{MoMP|5258|Naming citation}} for Jovian asteroid [[5258 Rhoeo]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Book of Histories,'' Book V-VI translated by Konstantinos Ramiotis from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades5.html Online version at theio.com.]

== Further reading ==
*[[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DR%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Drhoeo-bio-1 "Rhoeo"]
*{{cite book  | last =Müller  | first =Karl Otfried  | title =Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology (Translated by John Leitch)  | publisher =Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans  | year =1844  | location =Original from the University of Michigan  | page =341   | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PXhIAAAAMAAJ&dq=Staphylus+grape&pg=PA341 }}

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