In Greek mythology, the name Charops (Ancient Greek: Χάροψ, romanized: Khárops, lit. 'from χαροπός, kharopós, "fierce, bright-eyed'[1]) may refer to:
- Charops, also called Charopus[2], king of Syme, father of Nireus[2] by the nymph Aglaia.[3] His son was the second most handsome Achaean warrior after Achilles.
- Charops, father of Oeagrus. He warned Dionysus of Lycurgus plotting against him, and was granted in reward with the knowledge of secret rites; the kingdom of Thrace was also handed over to him after the defeat of Lycurgus.[4]
- Charops, son of Hippasus and brother of Socus. He was a Lycian soldier who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.[5]
- Charops, husband of Oia, the daughter of Cephalus and eponym of the deme Oia, Attica.[6]
- Charops, one of Actaeon's dogs.[7]
- Charops, a surname of Heracles, under which he had a statue near mount Laphystion on the spot where he was believed to have brought forth Cerberus from Hades.[8]
- ^ "χαροπός - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ a b Apollodorus, E.3.13
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.672; Diodorus Siculus, 5.53.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 97; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1011
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 3.65.4–6
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.426; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.260
- ^ Suida, s.v. Oiēthēn (Οἰῆθεν)
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 181
- ^ Pausanias, 9.34.5