Sterope
Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, 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, daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe. She was the sister of Agenor, Stratonice and Laophonte.[3]
- Sterope, daughter of Porthaon and Euryte or Laothoe, sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.[3]
- Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea.[3]
- Sterope, daughter of Acastus and either Astydameia or Hippolyte.[3]
- Sterope, a daughter of Helios and wife of Eurypylus.
- Sterope, one of the Maenads. She followed Dionysus during the god's Indian campaign but was slain by Morrheus.[4]
- Sterope, one of the horses of Helios.[5]
References
- ↑ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert. "sterope". A Greek-English Lexicon. Perseus Project, Tufts University. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.10.1
- 1 2 3 4 Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.13.3
- ↑ Nonnus. Dionysiaca, Book 29.237.
- ↑ Hyginus. Fabulae, 183.
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