Asterope (Greek myth)
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In Greek mythology, Asterope (/æˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροπή or Στεροπή, Asteropē "lightning") may refer to the following characters:
- Asterope, an Oceanid, mother of Acragas by Zeus.[1]
- Asterope, 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][5]
- Asterope, mother of Peneleos by Hippalcimus.[6]
Classical Literature Sources
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Chronological listing of classical literature sources for Asterope:
- Hesiod, The Astronomy (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek poetry C8th or C7th BC)
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 10. 1 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythography C2nd AD)
- Scholiast on Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 10. 1 (Apollodorus, The Library trans. Frazer 1921 Vol 2 p. 4)
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 12. 5 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythography C2nd AD)
- Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 84 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythography C2nd AD)
- Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- Stephanus Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes (ed. Meinekii) (Byzantinian mythography C6AD)
- Scholiast on Stephanus Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes (A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ed. Smith 1870 Vol 1 p. 11)
Notes
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Akragantes
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 84
- ^ Argonautica Orphica, 1216
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.771
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
References
- 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.
- Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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