Steropa , Asterope [1] ( other Greek Στερόπη , Ἀστερόπη - flash, lightning; late Lat . Sterope , Asterope [2] ), Asteria [3] - a character of ancient Greek mythology, one of the galaxies .
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Daughter of Atlanta and Pleonas [4] . Beloved Ares , who gave birth to his son Enomai [4] [5] (According to other sources - the wife of Enomai , mother of Hippodamia [6] ).
The image of Sterope existed on the pediment of the Olympic Temple of Zeus .
The asteroid (233) of Asterope , discovered in 1883, and also the star of Aterope in the constellation Taurus are named after her
Notes
- ↑ Hesiod . The list of women, fr. 169 M.-U.
- ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world . M., 1991-92. In 2 t. T. 2. S.468-469; Arat. Phenomenon 263
- ↑ Gigin . Myths 250
- ↑ 1 2 Obnorsky N.P. Sterope // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Ovid . Fasty IV 172; Gigin. Myths 84; Gigin. Astronomy II 21, 3
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus . Mythological library III 10, 1; Pausanias . Description of Hellas V 10, 6
Literature
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, FBA, FRS in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd)