Asterope (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Asterope (/æˈstɛrəp/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροπή or Στεροπή, Asteropē "lightning") may refer to the following characters:

  • Asterope, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys. She was the mother of Acragas by Zeus.
  • Asterope, a Hesperide.
  • Asterope or Sterope, one of the Pleiades.
  • Asterope, mother of Circe and possibly Aeetes by Helius, according to some.
  • Asterope or Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea.
  • Asterope or Hesperia, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of Cebren.
  • Asterope, the Boeotian mother of Peneleos by Hippalcimus.
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