Sterope

Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning)[1] was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:

  • Sterope (or Asterope), one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares).[2]
  • Sterope, a Pleuronian princess as the daughter of King Pleuron and Xanthippe. She was the sister of Agenor, Stratonice and Laophonte.[3]
  • Sterope, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Porthaon and Euryte or Laothoe.[4] She was the sister of Oeneus, Agrius, Melas, Leucopeus, Stratonice and Eurythemiste. Sterope was sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.[5]
  • Sterope, an Arcadian princess as the daughter of Cepheus, king of Tegea.[6]
  • Sterope, a princess of Iolcus as the daughter of King Acastus by either Astydameia or Hippolyte.[7]
  • Sterope, daughter of Helios and wife of King Eurypylus of Cyrene by whom she became the mother of Lycaon and Leucippus.[8]
  • Sterope, one of the Maenads. She followed Dionysus during the god's Indian campaign but was slain by Morrheus.[9]
  • Sterope, one of the horses of Helios.[10]

Sterope is also the name of one of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.

Notes

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  1. ^ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert. "sterope". A Greek-English Lexicon. Perseus Project, Tufts University. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.7
  4. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 26. 7 Merkelbach & West (1967).
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.3
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.3
  8. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.57; Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 886
  9. ^ Nonnus, 29.237
  10. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 183

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.
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
  • Merkelbach, R.; West, M.L. (1967), Fragmenta Hesiodea, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-814171-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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