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Mythology

Anchinoe was a minor figure in Greek accounts and only mentioned by Apollodorus in his ''Bibliotheca'': : “But Belus remained in Egypt, reigned over the country, and married Anchinoe, daughter of Nile, by whom he had twin sons, Egyptus and Danaus, but according to

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, he had also Cepheus and Phineus.”

Argive genealogy

Notes

References

* 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. ABC-Clio. 1991. . Naiads Egyptian characters in Greek mythology {{Greek-deity-stub