Asterope (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Asterope (/æˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερόπη, romanized: Asterópē, lit. 'star-voiced') 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 Hesperid.
- Asterope or Sterope, one of the Pleiades.
- Asterope, mother of Circe and possibly Aeëtes by Helios, 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 the river-god Cebren.
- Asterope, the Boeotian mother of Peneleos by Hippalcimus.