Aglaope (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Aglaope^[1], also called Aglaopheme^[2] (Ἀγλαοφήμη) and Aglaophonos^[3] (Ἀγλαόφωνος), is the name of one of the Sirens.^[4] Her name means "with lambent voice". Aglaope was attested as a daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene^[5] or her sister Terpsichore^[6] or Sterope, daughter of King Porthaon of Calydon.^[7] She may have two or one sister(s), namely Peisinoe^[8] or Molpe, or just Thelxiepeia^[9] or Thelxinoe.

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
3. Scholia on Apollonius, 4.892 = Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 47
4. Book: Bell, Robert E.. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. 1991. 9780874365818. 16.
5. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.18; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
6. [Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius]
7. Apollodorus, 1.7.10
8. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 7l2
9. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 7l2; Eustathius, Commentaries 1709

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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. .
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library