Antiope
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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In Greek mythology, Antiope /ænˈtaɪ.əpi/ or Antiopa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting") may refer to the following
- Antiope, mother of Amphion by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece. In Greek mythology, Antiope (/ænˈtaɪəpi/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting") was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; in later sources she is called the daughter of the "nocturnal" king Nycteus of Thebes or, in the Cypria, of Lycurgus, but for Homer her site is purely Boeotian. She was the mother of Amphion and Zethus.
- Antiope (Amazon), sister of Hippolyte, kidnapped by Theseus during Heracles' ninth labour.
- Antiope, also called Antioche, daughter of Pylon and wife of Eurytus.
- Antiope, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and wife of her uncle King Agenor of Tyre.
- Antiope, nymph of Pieria and the mother, by Pierus, of the Pierides, nine sisters who challenged the muses and, on their defeat, were turned into birds.
- Antiope, daughter of Aeolus, by whom Poseidon begot Boeotus and Hellen (Aeolus). She was also called Arne or Melanippe, in some accounts.
- Antiope, consort of Helios and possible mother of Aeetes and Aloeus.
- Antiope, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede or by one of his many wives. When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion, Antiope with her other sisters, except for one, all laid with the hero in a night, a week or for 50 days as what their father strongly desired it to be. Antiope bore Heracles a son, Alopius.
- Antiope, wife of Laocoön.
Translations
af: Antiope; bg: Антиопа; br: Antiope; ca: Antíope; cs: Antiopa; de: Antiope; el: Αντιόπη; en: Antiope; eo: Antiopa de Tebo; es: Antíope; et: Antiope; eu: Antiope; fa: آنتیوپه; fi: Antiope; fr: Antiope; hu: Antiopé; it: Antiope; ko: 안티오페; la: Antiopa; lb: Antiope; lt: Antiopė; nl: Antiope; pl: Antiopa; pt: Antíope; ru: Антиопа; sh: Antiopa; sk: Antiopé; sr: Антиопа; sv: Antiope; tr: Antiope; uk: Антіопа; zh: 安提俄珀
