Chariclo

For the minor planet, see 10199 Chariklo.

Chariclo (/kəˈrɪkloʊ/ or /ˈkærɪkloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Χαρικλώ, romanized: Khariklṓ, lit. 'graceful spinner'^[1][2]) is either of two nymphs in Greek mythology:

• Chariclo, a nymph who was married to the centaur Chiron and became the mother of Hippe, Endeïs, Ocyrhoe, and Carystus. In some accounts, she was described as the daughter of Apollo,^[3] Perses or Oceanus. Chariclo together with her mother-in-law Philyra the Oceanid, were the nurses of the young Achilles.^[4]
• Chariclo, a nymph devotee of Athena, who became pregnant by a shepherd, Everes, giving birth to the prophet Tiresias. Tiresias was struck blind by Athena after seeing her naked. Chariclo begged Athena to give Tiresias his sight back, but the goddess could not undo her curse. She gave him the gift of prophecy instead.^[5][6]

Notes

1. William J. Slater, Lexicon to Pindar, Trustees of Tufts University, Berlin, [1969]. Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. "20,000 Names from Around the World Archived 2017-04-06 at the Wayback Machine".
3. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.181
4. Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.102 ff.; Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 4.813
5. Apollodorus, 3.6.7
6. Hymn V. On the Bath of Pallas, Callimachus [1]

References

• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.