Sterope (; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning)[1] was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:
- Sterope (or Asterope), one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares).[2]
- Sterope, a Pleuronian princess as the daughter of King Pleuron and Xanthippe. She was the sister of Agenor, Stratonice and Laophonte.[3]
- Sterope, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Porthaon and Euryte or Laothoe.[4] She was the sister of Oeneus, Agrius, Melas, Leucopeus, Stratonice and Eurythemiste. Sterope was sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.[5]
- Sterope, an Arcadian princess as the daughter of Cepheus, king of Tegea.[6]
- Sterope, a princess of Iolcus as the daughter of King Acastus by either Astydamia or Hippolyte.[7]
- Sterope, daughter of Helios and wife of King Eurypylus of Cyrene by whom she became the mother of Lycaon and Leucippus.[8]
- Sterope, one of the Maenads. She followed Dionysus during the god's Indian campaign but was slain by Morrheus.[9]
- Sterope, one of the horses of Helios.[10]
Sterope is also the name of one of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
- ^ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert. "sterope". A Greek-English Lexicon. Perseus Project, Tufts University. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.7
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 26. 7 Merkelbach & West (1967).
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.3
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.57; Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 886
- ^ Nonnus, 29.237
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 183