Metope (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Metope /mɪˈtoʊpiː/ (Ancient Greek: Μετώπη) may refer to the following individuals:
- Metope, a river-nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon[1] and Stymphalis,[2] thus sister to Daphne. Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus.[3] She married the river god Asopus by whom she had several (either 12[4] or 20[5]) daughters, including Aegina,[6] Salamis, Thebe, Corcyra, Tanagra, Thespia, Cleone, Sinope, Peirene, Asopis, Ornea, Chalcis, Harpina[7] and Ismene;[8] and sons, including Pelagon (Pelasgus) and Ismenus.[1] The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
- Metope, a daughter of the above Asopus in some accounts.[9]
- Metope, consort of the river god Sangarius. Some say these were the possible parents of Hecuba.[10] She may be identical or different from the above Metope.
- Metope, an Epirotian princess as the daughter of King Echetus. She had an intrigue with a lover and as a punishment her father mutilated the lover and blinded Metope by piercing her eyes with bronze needles. He then incarcerated her in a tower and gave her grains of bronze, promising that she would regain her sight when she had ground these grains into flour.[11] Eustathius and the scholia on this passage call the daughter and her lover Amphissa and Aechmodicus respectively.[12][13]
Notes
- ^ a b Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1; Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
- ^ Scholiast on Pindar's Olympian Odes 6.143.
- ^ Pindar, Olympian Odes 6.83
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.1; Apollodorus, 1.9.3, 3.12.6.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1.
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.3.
- ^ Scholiast on Pindar's Isthmian Odes 8.37
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 18.85, 18.116 & 21.307; Apollonius, 4.1093.
- ^ George W. Mooney, Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica 4.1093.
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1839.
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
