In Greek mythology, Anchiroe ( Ankhiroê means "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:

Anchiroe, also Anchirhoe (Ἀγχιρόη), an Arcadian nymph who together with other nymphs, Neda, Anthracia, Hagno and Myrtoessa, were nurses of the god Zeus. She was depicted to carry water-pots with what is meant to be water coming down from her.Pausanias, 8.31.4 Anchiroe, one of the Erasinides, Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Erasinus. She and her sisters, Byze, Maera and Melite, received Britomartis.Antoninus Liberalis, 40 Anchiroe, daughter of the river god Chremetes, wife of Psyllus, the man who waged war against Notus, and mother by him of Crataigonos, a Libyan who joined Dionysus in his Indian campaign.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.380 Anchiroe or Achiroe, daughter of Nilus and wife of Belus.Apollodorus, 2.1.4 Anchiroe, consort of Sithon.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 583, 1161.

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