Acallaris
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| Acallaris | |
|---|---|
Trojan Queen | |
| Member of the Royal House of Troy | |
| Abode | Troy |
| Parents | Eumedes |
| Consort | Tros |
| Offspring | Assaracus |
In Greek mythology, Acallaris (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαλλαρίς) was the daughter of Eumedes. According to some accounts she married the Trojan king, Tros of whom she had a son Assaracus, also a king of Troy.[1] Some writers gave the name Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander as the wife of Tros and became the mother of his sons.[2][3][4] Other possible children of Tros and Acallaris are Ilus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and Cleomestra.[5]
The writer Dionysius of Halicarnassus, wrote a passage about Acallaris' descendants as the wife of Tros: