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{{Short description|Nymphs in Greek mythology}}
{{for|the minor planet|10199 Chariklo}}
'''Chariclo''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|r|ɪ|k|l|oʊ}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ær|ᵻ|k|l|oʊ}}; {{langx|grc|Χαρικλώ|Khariklṓ}}) is either of two [[nymph]]s in [[Greek mythology]]:
* Chariclo, a [[nymph]] who was married to the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]]<ref>[http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.21:1:41.Slater William J. Slater, ''Lexicon to Pindar'', Trustees of Tufts University, Berlin, [1969<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729003422/http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.21:1:41.Slater |date=2014-07-29 }}</ref> and became the mother of [[Hippe]], [[Endeïs]], [[Ocyrhoe]], and [[Carystus (mythology)|Carystus]]. According to a [[scholium]] on [[Pindar]], she was the daughter of either [[Apollo]], [[Perses (mythology)|Perses]] or [[Oceanus]].<ref>''[[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft|RE]]'', [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Chariklo_1 s.v. Chariklo (1)]; [[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]]'s ''Pythian Odes'', 4.181&ndash;2 (Drachmann, [https://archive.org/details/scholiaveterainp02drac/page/122/mode/2up?view=theater pp. 123&ndash;124]) [= [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' fr. 42 Merkelbach-West, p. 27].</ref> Chariclo together with her mother-in-law [[Philyra (Oceanid)|Philyra]] the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]], were the nurses of the young [[Achilles]].<ref>Pindar, ''Pythian Ode'' 4.102 ff.; Scholia ad [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.813</ref>
* Chariclo, a nymph devotee of [[Athena]], who became pregnant by a shepherd, [[Everes (mythology)|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.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.6.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=6&highlight=Chariclo 3.6.7]</ref><ref>Hymn V. On the Bath of Pallas, [[Callimachus]] [https://www.theoi.com/Text/CallimachusHymns2.html#5]</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* Drachmann, Anders Bjørn, ''Scholia Vetera in Pindari Carmina, Vol. II: Scholia in Pythionicas'', [[Bibliotheca Teubneriana]], Leipzig, Teubner, 1910. [https://archive.org/details/scholiaveterainp02drac/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive]. [https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110956467 Online version at De Gruyter (1997 reprint)]. [https://scaife.perseus.org/library/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5034/ Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Merkelbach, R., and [[Martin Litchfield West|M. L. West]], ''Fragmenta Hesiodea'', [[Clarendon Press]] Oxford, 1967. {{ISBN|978-0-198-14171-6}}.
* [[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DP. 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0161%3Abook%3DP. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* ''[[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft]]'', Band III, Halbband 2, edited by [[Georg Wissowa]], Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1899. [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Paulys_Realencyclop%C3%A4die_der_classischen_Altertumswissenschaft Online version at Wikisource].

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