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'''Alopê'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} ({{lang-grc|Ἀλόπη}}) was in [[Greek mythology]] a mortal woman, the daughter of [[Cercyon]], known for her great beauty.<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia |
'''Alopê'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} ({{lang-grc|Ἀλόπη}}) was in [[Greek mythology]] a mortal woman, the daughter of [[Cercyon]], known for her great beauty.<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Schmitz |first=Leonhard |authorlink=Leonhard Schmitz |title=Alope |editor=[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] |encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] |volume=1 |pages=133 |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=Boston |year=1867 |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0142.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613173928/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0142.html |archivedate=2008-06-13 }}</ref><ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 187</ref> [[Poseidon]], in the guise of a [[kingfisher]], seduced Alope, his granddaughter through Cercyon, and from the union she gave birth to [[Hippothoon]]. Alope left the infant in the open to [[Infanticide|die of exposure]], but a passing mare suckled the child until it was found by shepherds, who fell into a dispute as to who was to have the beautiful royal attire of the boy. The case was brought before Cercyon, who, on recognizing by the dress whose child the boy was, ordered Alope to be imprisoned in order to be put to death, and her child to be exposed again. The latter was fed and found in the same manner as before, and the shepherds called him Hippothoon. The body of Alope was changed by Poseidon into a spring, which bore the same name.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 1. 5. § 2</ref><ref>[[Aristophanes]], ''Birds'' 533</ref> |
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The town of Alope, in [[Thessaly]], was believed to have derived its name from her,<ref>[[Pherecydes of Leros|Pherecydes]] in [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] ''s.v.'' {{lang|grc|Ἀλόπη}}</ref> where, however, [[Philonides]] speaks of an Alope as a daughter of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]]. There was a monument of Alope on the road from [[Eleusis]] to [[Megara]], on the spot where she was believed to have been killed by her father.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 1. 39. § 3</ref> |
The town of Alope, in [[Thessaly]], was believed to have derived its name from her,<ref>[[Pherecydes of Leros|Pherecydes]] in [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] ''s.v.'' {{lang|grc|Ἀλόπη}}</ref> where, however, [[Philonides]] speaks of an Alope as a daughter of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]]. There was a monument of Alope on the road from [[Eleusis]] to [[Megara]], on the spot where she was believed to have been killed by her father.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 1. 39. § 3</ref> |
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Alopê[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Ἀλόπη) was in Greek mythology a mortal woman, the daughter of Cercyon, known for her great beauty.[1][2] Poseidon, in the guise of a kingfisher, seduced Alope, his granddaughter through Cercyon, and from the union she gave birth to Hippothoon. Alope left the infant in the open to die of exposure, but a passing mare suckled the child until it was found by shepherds, who fell into a dispute as to who was to have the beautiful royal attire of the boy. The case was brought before Cercyon, who, on recognizing by the dress whose child the boy was, ordered Alope to be imprisoned in order to be put to death, and her child to be exposed again. The latter was fed and found in the same manner as before, and the shepherds called him Hippothoon. The body of Alope was changed by Poseidon into a spring, which bore the same name.[3][4]
The town of Alope, in Thessaly, was believed to have derived its name from her,[5] where, however, Philonides speaks of an Alope as a daughter of Actor. There was a monument of Alope on the road from Eleusis to Megara, on the spot where she was believed to have been killed by her father.[6]
References
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alope". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 133. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 187
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 5. § 2
- ^ Aristophanes, Birds 533
- ^ Pherecydes in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ἀλόπη
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 39. § 3
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