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Asopis, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede [4] or by one of his many wives. [5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion , [ 6 ] Asopis with her other sisters, except for one, [ 7 ] all laid with the hero in a night, [ 8 ] a week [ 9 ] or for 50 days [ 10 ] as what their father ...
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 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 ...
Plataea's mother was probably the naiad, Metope, daughter of another river-god Ladon. [3] As one of Asopus’ daughters, she was sister to Harpina, Cleone, Corcyra, Nemea, Salamis, Tanagra, Thespia, Thebe and Aegina. Together with her last two sisters, they were abducted by Zeus with only Aegina mentioned to bore Aeacus to the said god.
In Greek mythology, Ismene (/ ɪ s ˈ m iː n iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμήνη, Ismēnē) was the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope, daughter of the river Ladon. [1] She was the sister of Aegina, [2] Salamis, [3] Pelagon (Pelasgus [4]) and Ismenus. [5]
Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss; Ancient Greek: Σαλαμίς) was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river-god Asopus [1] Family
Though the name Aegina betokens a goat-nymph, [1] such as was Cretan Amalthea, she was given a mainland identity as the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope; [2] of their twelve or twenty daughters, many were ravished by Apollo or Zeus. Aegina bore at least two children: Menoetius by Actor, and Aeacus by Zeus, both of whom ...
In Greek mythology and religion, Corcyra (/ k ɔːr ˈ s aɪər ə /) or Korkyra (/ k ɔːr ˈ k aɪər ə /; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkura) is the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopos [1] and the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon. [2]