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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 ...
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... The category contains the progeny of the river god, Asopus.
This Thespius is otherwise unknown to us. Finally Antiope mother of Amphion and Zethus by Zeus is sometimes a daughter of Asopus. Statius's Thebaid tells of the warrior Hypseus, mortal son of Asopus, who leads the men of Alalcomene, Itone, Midea, Arne, Aulida, Graea, Plataea, Pleteon, and Anthedon. This Hypseus is slain by Capaneus.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Σαλαμίς) was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river-god Asopus [1] Family ... Books 4.59–8.
Lycus gave Antiope to Dirce. Dirce hated Antiope and treated her cruelly, until Antiope, in time, escaped. [4] In Euripides's lost play Antiope, Antiope flees back to the cave where she gave birth to Amphion and Zethus; they are now living there as young men. They disbelieve her claim to be their mother and refuse her pleas for sanctuary, but ...
Theseus carries Antiope off, from the pediment of Apollo's temple at Eretria, 500s BC.. 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 "confronting" [1]) was an Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe, Hippolyta, Penthesilea and possibly Orithyia, queens of the ...