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In Greek mythology, Antiope (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə p i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting" [1]) was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; [2] in later sources [3] she is called the daughter of the "nocturnal" king Nycteus ...
Antiope, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and possibly, Achiroe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus. [2] She was the sister of Agenor II, [3] Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus, Cepheus and Ninus. By her uncle, King Agenor I [3] of Tyre, Antiope became the mother of Cadmus and his siblings. [4] In some accounts, this daughter of Belus was called ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Children of Asopus" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aegina (mythology) Antiope (mother of ...
Apollodorus [18] claims Asopus had twenty daughters but he does not provide a list. Pausanias [19] mentions three supposed daughters of Phliasian Asopus named Corcyra, Aegina, and Thebe according to the Phliasians and notes additionally that the Thebans insist that this Thebe was daughter of the Boeotian Asopus. He mentions no dispute about the ...
In the Odyssey, however, Zethus's wife is called Aëdon, a daughter of Pandareus in book 19, who killed her son Itylus in a fit of madness and became a nightingale. [11] Later authors would clarify that Aëdon tried to kill Niobe and Amphion's firstborn Amaleus out of jealousy that Niobe had borne many children, while she and Zethus only had one.
Antiope (Greek myth), several figures in Greek mythology including: Antiope (Amazon), daughter of Ares; Antiope (mother of Amphion), mother of Amphion by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece; Antiope (daughter of Pylon), also called Antioche, a daughter of Pylon and wife of Eurytus
Thebe, daughter of Cilix [13] and thus, sister of Thasus. [14] By Corybas, [13] son of Cybele, she was the possible mother of Ida who begat Minos II by King Lycastus of Crete. [15] This Thebe is possibly the eponym of Cilician Thebe. Thebe, daughter of the Pelasgian Adramys, the eponym of Adramyttium [16] or of the river god Granicus [citation ...
Nemea was one of the naiad daughters of the river-god Asopus [2] and possibly Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon. [3] She was the sister of Salamis, [4] Aegina, [5] Corcyra, Thebe, [6] Antiope, [7] Cleone, [8] Harpina, [9] Plataea [10] (Oeroe [11]), and Tanagra. [12] In some account, Nemea's parentage is attributed to Zeus and ...