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Alope, the Glossary

Alope (Alópē) was in Greek mythology a mortal woman, the daughter of Cercyon, known for her great beauty.^[1]

20 relations: Actor (mythology), Alope (spring), Alope (Thessaly), Ancient Thessaly, Aristophanes, Cercyon of Eleusis, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Elefsina, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Greek mythology, Hippothoon, Infanticide, Kingfisher, Megara, Pausanias (geographer), Pherecydes of Athens, Poseidon, Stephanus of Byzantium, The Birds (play), William Smith (lexicographer).
Eleusinian characters in Greek mythology
Metamorphoses into bodies of water in Greek mythology
Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology

Actor (mythology)

Actor (Ancient Greek: Ἄκτωρ; gen.: Ἄκτoρος Aktoros) is a very common name in Greek mythology.

Alope (spring)

Alope (Alópē) was a famed spring on the road from Eleusis to Megara, which was, according to legend, the result of Poseidon changing the body of Alope into a spring bearing her name.

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Alope (Thessaly)

Alope (Alópē) was a town of Phthiotis in Ancient Thessaly, placed by Stephanus of Byzantium between Larissa Cremaste and Echinus.

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Ancient Thessaly

Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: Θεσσαλία, Thessalía or Θετταλία, Thettalía) was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece.

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Aristophanes

Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy.

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Cercyon of Eleusis

Cercyon (Kerkúōn) is a figure in Greek mythology. Alope and Cercyon of Eleusis are Eleusinian characters in Greek mythology.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith and originally published in London by Taylor, Walton (and Maberly) and John Murray from 1844 to 1849 in three volumes of more than 3,700 pages.

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Elefsina

Elefsina (Elefsína) or Eleusis (Eleusís) is a suburban city and municipality in Athens metropolitan area.

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Gaius Julius Hyginus

Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Hippothoon

Hippothoon (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποθόων, -ωντος) or Hippothous is a figure in Greek mythology, often described as the King of Eleusis, succeeding to the throne after the death of Cercyon. Alope and Hippothoon are Eleusinian characters in Greek mythology.

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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring.

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes.

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Megara

Megara (Μέγαρα) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece.

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Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.

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Pherecydes of Athens

Pherecydes of Athens (Φερεκύδης) (fl. c. 465 BC) was a Greek mythographer who wrote an ancient work in ten books, now lost, variously titled "Historiai" (Ἱστορίαι) or "Genealogicai" (Γενελογίαι).

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

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Stephanus of Byzantium

Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (Stephanus Byzantinus; Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, Stéphanos Byzántios; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled Ethnica (Ἐθνικά).

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