Asterope (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Asterope (/æsˈtɛrəpi/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροπή or Στεροπή, Asteropē "lightning") may refer to the following characters:
- Asterope, an Oceanid, mother of Acragas by Zeus.[1]
- Asterope (Hesperide), a Hesperide
- Asterope or Sterope (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades.[2]
- Asterope, mother of Circe and possibly Aeetes by Helius, according to some.[3]
- Asterope or Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea
- Asterope or Hesperia, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of Cebren.[4]
- Asterope, mother of Peneleos by Hippalcimus.[5]
References
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Akragantes
- ↑ Hyginus. Fabulae 84
- ↑ Argonautica Orphica, 1216
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.12.5; Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 11.771
- ↑ Hyginus. Fables 97
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