Sterope

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Sterope (Greek: Στερόπη , στεροπή steropê lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:

• Sterope, daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe
• Sterope, daughter of Porthaon and Euryte, sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous
• Sterope (or Asterope), one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares); see also Asterope (star)
• Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, the king of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her hometown, Tegea from attack, thus winning Heracles' friendship for her father
• Sterope, daughter of Acastus and either Astydameia or Hippolyte
• Sterope, one of the horses of Helios
• Sterope, one of the Maenads
• Steropes, one of the Cyclopes

[edit] References

• Sterope in Greek Myth Index

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