Periopis Explained

In Greek mythology, Periopis (Ancient Greek: Περίωπις) was a princess of Pherae as daughter of King of Pheres^[1] and possibly, Periclymene, daughter of King Minyas of Orchomenus.^[2] She was the possible sister of Admetus,^[3] Lycurgus,^[4] Eidomene,^[5] and Antigona. Periopis was the mother of Patroclus by Menoetius.^[6] Otherwise, the hero's mother was called Damocrateia,^[7] Sthenele,^[8] Polymele^[9] or Philomela.^[10]

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
3. Apollodorus, 1.8.2; 1.9.14; 1.9.16 & 3.10.4
4. Apollodorus, 1.9.14
5. Apollodorus, 1.9.11
6. Apollodorus, 3.13.8
7. Pythaenetos, quoting the scholiast on Pindar, Olympian Odes 9.107
8. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.14; on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.46.
9. Apollodorus, 3.13.8 mentions the two other possible mothers of Patroclus: (1) Polymele, daughter of Peleus (according to Philocrates) and (2) Sthenele, daughter of Acastus.
10. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]

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.
• 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.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.