Antiope (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Antiope or Antiopa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting"^[1]) may refer to the following

• Antiope, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and possibly, Achiroe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus.^[2] She was the sister of Agenor II,^[3] Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus, Cepheus and Ninus. By her uncle, King Agenor I of Tyre, Antiope became the mother of Cadmus and his siblings.^[4] In some accounts, this daughter of Belus was called Damno.^[5] Otherwise, the spouse of Agenor was variously given as Telephassa,^[6] Argiope^[7] or Tyro.^{[8] [9]}
• Antiope, daughter of Aeolus, by whom Poseidon begot Boeotus and Hellen (Aeolus).^[10] She was also called Arne^[11] or Melanippe,^[12] in some accounts.
• 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.^[13]
• Antiope, consort of Helios and possible mother of Aeetes and Aloeus.^[14]
• Antiope, sister of Hippolyte, kidnapped by Theseus during Heracles' ninth labour.^[15]
• Antiope, mother of Amphion by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece.^[16]
• Antiope, also called Antioche,^[17] daughter of Pylon and wife of Eurytus.^[18]
• Antiope, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[19] or by one of his many wives.^[20] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[21] Antiope with her other sisters, except for one,^[22] all laid with the hero in a night,^[23] a week^[24] or for 50 days^[25] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[26] Antiope bore Heracles a son, Alopius.^[27]
• Antiope, wife of Laocoön.

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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.
• 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.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812–1891), Bohn edition of 1878. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum. O. Plasberg. Leipzig. Teubner. 1917. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Histories or Chiliades unedited translation by Ana Untila (Book I), Gary Berkowitz (II-IV), Konstantinos Ramiotis (V-VI), Vasiliki Dogani (VII-VIII), Jonathan Alexander (IX-X), Muhammad Syarif Fadhlurrahman (XI), and Nikolaos Giallousis (XII-XIII), with translation adjustments by Brady Kiesling affecting about 15 percent of the total . These translations are based on the 1826 Greek edition of Theophilus Kiesslingius. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. Book: Robert Graves. The Greek Myths. registration. Penguin Books. 1960. 978-0143106715. Harmondsworth, London, England. s.v. Antiope.
2. Scholiast ad Euripides, Phoenissae 5; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.165–166
3. Tzetzes believed that there are two Agenors, the elder one who was the brother of Belus and husband of Antiope and the younger one who was the son of Belus.
4. Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.19
5. [Timothy Gantz|Gantz]
6. Apollodorus, 3.1.1
7. Hyginus, Fabulae 6 & 178; Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes fr. 21 Fowler 2000, p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186
8. [John Malalas|Malalas]
9. Gomme . A. W. . 1913 . The Legend of Cadmus and the Logographoi . JHS . 70.
10. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
11. [Diodorus Siculus]
12. Hyginus, Fabulae 186
13. [Cicero]
14. [Diophantus]
15. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
16. [Homer]
17. [Scholia|Scholaist]
18. Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.86
19. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.222
20. Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
21. Apollodorus, 2.4.9
22. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
23. Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, Orat. IV, Contra Julianum I (Migne S. Gr. 35.661)
24. [Athenaeus]
25. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.224
26. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3
27. Apollodorus, 2.7.8