Alcyone | |
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Member of the Pleiades | |
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Elihu Vedder | |
Other names | Asterope |
Abode |
Mt. Cyllene on
Arcadia, later Pisa in Elis |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Atlas and Pleione or Aethra |
Siblings |
(b)
Hyades
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Consort | (i)
Ares (ii) Oenomaus |
Children | (i) Oenomaus and
Evenus (ii) Hippodamia |
In Greek mythology, Sterope ( /ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning), [1] also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades. [2]
Asterope was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. She was the wife of King Oenomaus of Pisa, or according to some accounts, his mother by Ares [3] or Hyperochus. [3] Sterope was also credited to be the mother of Evenus (father of Marpessa) by the said Olympian god. [4]
Greek deities series |
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Nymphs |
Alcyone | |
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Member of the Pleiades | |
![]() The Pleiades by
Elihu Vedder | |
Other names | Asterope |
Abode |
Mt. Cyllene on
Arcadia, later Pisa in Elis |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Atlas and Pleione or Aethra |
Siblings |
(b)
Hyades
|
Consort | (i)
Ares (ii) Oenomaus |
Children | (i) Oenomaus and
Evenus (ii) Hippodamia |
In Greek mythology, Sterope ( /ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning), [1] also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades. [2]
Asterope was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. She was the wife of King Oenomaus of Pisa, or according to some accounts, his mother by Ares [3] or Hyperochus. [3] Sterope was also credited to be the mother of Evenus (father of Marpessa) by the said Olympian god. [4]
Greek deities series |
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Nymphs |