Sterope
Pleiad star-nymph of the town of Pisa in Elis (southern Greece)
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Greek Name | Transliteration | Latin Spelling | Translation |
Στεροπη | Steropê | Sterope | Flashing-Face |
Αστεροπη | Asteropê | Asterope | Star-Faced (astêr, ops) |
Πλειας Πλειαδες | Pleias, Pleiades | Vergilia, Vergiliae | Daughters of Pleione |
STEROPE or ASTEROPE was a Pleiad star-nymph of the town of Pisa in Elis (southern Greece). She was loved by the god Ares and bore him Oinomaos (Oenomaus), the barbaric founding king of Pisa.
Sterope was probably identified with the Naiad-nymph Harpina who is elsewhere named as the mother of Oinomaos by Ares.
THE PLEIADES were seven mountain-nymph daughters of the Titan Atlas. Their leader was Maia the mother of Hermes by Zeus. Five of the other Pleiades were also loved by gods becoming ancestresses of various royal families including those of Sparta and Troy. When they were pursued by the lustful giant Orion, Zeus placed them amongst the stars as the constellation Pleiades.
Their name means "Daughters of Pleione" and also "Ladies of Plenty" from the Greek word pleiôn "plenty."