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Asterope (Greek myth)

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In Greek mythology, Asterope[1] (/æˈstɛrəp/; Ancient Greek: Ἀστεροπή or Στεροπή, Asteropē "lightning") may refer to the following characters:

Classical literature sources

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Chronological listing of classical literature sources for Asterope:

  • Hesiod, The Astronomy (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek poetry C8th or C7th BC)
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 10. 1 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythography C2nd AD)
  • Scholiast on Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 10. 1 (Apollodorus, The Library trans. Frazer 1921 Vol 2 p. 4)
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library 3. 12. 5 (trans. Frazer) (Greek mythography C2nd AD)
  • Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 84 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythography C2nd AD)
  • Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  • Stephanus Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes (ed. Meinekii) (Byzantinian mythography C6AD)
  • Scholiast on Stephanus Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes (A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ed. Smith 1870 Vol 1 p. 11)

Notes

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  1. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780874365818.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes
  3. ^ Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp. 92.
  4. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 84
  5. ^ Argonautica Orphica 1216
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.3
  7. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.771; Apollodorus, 3.12.5
  8. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  9. ^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 531. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.

References

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