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] Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus.[2] She married the river god Asopus by whom she had several (either 12 or 20) daughters, including Aegina, Salamis, Sinope, Euboea, Tanagra, Thespia, Thebe, Corcyra, Ismene, and Harpina; and possibly sons, including Pelagon and Ismenus.[3] The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
- Metope, consort of the river god Sangarius. Some say these were the possible parents of Hecuba.[4] She may be identical or different from the above Metope.
- Metope, daughter of King Echetus of Epirus. 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.[5][6] Eustathius and the scholia on this passage call the daughter and her lover Amphissa and Aechmodicus respectively.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.6
- ^ Pindar, Olympian Odes 6.83
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.72.1
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.4
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 18.85, 18.116 & 21.307
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1093
- ^ George W. Mooney, Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica 4.1093
- ^ Eustathius, Commentaries on Homer, p. 1839
References
- 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
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Pseudo-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.