Sterope (Pleiad)

Alcyone
Member of the Pleiades
The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
Other namesAsterope
AbodeMt. Cyllene on Arcadia, later
Pisa in Elis
Genealogy
ParentsAtlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings
(b) Hyades
(c) Hyas
Consort(i) Ares
(ii) Oenomaus
Children(i) Oenomaus and Evenus
(ii) Hippodamia
Statues of Sterope and Oenomaus, from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia

In Greek mythology, Sterope (/ˈstɛrəp/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning),[1] also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades.[2]

  1. ^ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert. "sterope". A Greek-English Lexicon. Perseus Project, Tufts University. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Pausanias, 5.10.5