Opis (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Opis (Ancient Greek: Ὦπις or Ὦπιν means 'sighting') or Upis (Οὖπις) may refer to the following characters:

Feminine

Masculine

Surname

References

Notes and References

  1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
  2. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  3. [Virgil]
  4. This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's Georgics 4.343 which suggests that Opis was a naiad, more likely an Oceanid, rather than a Nereid.
  5. [Callimachus]
  6. [Herodotus]
  7. [Nonnus]
  8. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
  9. Virgil: His life and times by Peter Levi, Duckworth, 1998
  10. Virgil, Aeneid 11.533 & 11.863
  11. [Scholia]
  12. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  13. [Cicero]
  14. Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 240
  15. Pausanias, 1.33.2