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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 ...
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 Asopus [2] and Metope, [7] who was said to have consorted with Zeus. [8] Amphion and Zethus named Boeotian Thebes [9] after her because of their kinship, the twins being sons of her sister Antiope by Zeus. Egyptian Thebes was also named after her. [2]
Jupiter and Antiope is a frequent theme in western painting and has been treated by Titian, Van Dyck, Watteau and David among others. They are based on the story of the seduction of Antiope by the god Zeus in Greek mythology , later imported into Roman mythology and told of the god Jupiter .
Ιn 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 Pylon or Pylaon.
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 ...