Rhoeo

Rhoio (Greek Ῥοιώ, the nymph of the pomegranate tree) is a figure in Greek mythology. She was a daughter of the grapes of God Staphylos and CHRYSOTHEMIS; her siblings were Hemithea and Parthenos.

When the Argives Lyrkos, the son of Phoroneus stopped off in Bubastis in Staphylos, made this his guest drunk to match it with one of his daughters can and get as offspring from him. Both Rhoio and Hemithea fell in love Lyrkos and Rhoio was jealous of her sister, as this was allowed to spend the night at her father's determination with Lyrkos.

When she was pregnant by Apollo, was Staphylos - the had no idea that his father was no mortal - so incensed that he included in a box and thrown into the sea. She was driven to the beach of Delos, where she gave birth to a son. She called him Anios and laid it on the altar of Apollo there, with the request that may God look after the child. Apollo hearkened to her, and gave the son prophetic gifts; Anios later became a priest-king on that island.

Other traditions According Rhoio was driven to the coast Euboias, where she gave birth to the child in a cave. Also Apollon should be further became a father of Sunios with her.

She later married ZareX, the son of Carystus, with whom she had several sons.

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