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In Greek mythology, Anchiale or Ankhiale (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχιάλη) was the name of the following personages:

  • Anchiale, said to have founded the town of Anchiale near Tarsus in Cilicia. Her father was named Iapetus, and she had a son named Cydnus.[1][2]
  • Anchiale, a Cretan nymph, who gave birth to the metalworking Idaean Dactyls in the Dictaean cave.[3][4] She was also seen as a Titan goddess and perhaps represented the warmth of fire. She was the wife of Hecaterus.[5]
  • Anchiale, according to Servius, was the mother of Oaxes by Apollo.[6][7]

Notes

  1. Smith, Anchiale.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anchiale
  3. Smith, Anchiale
  4. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1130
  5. Strabo, 10.3.19
  6. Smith, "Oaxes"
  7. Servius ad Virgil, Eclogues 1.65

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