Metope (mythology)
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In Greek mythology
, Metope (Greek
: Μετώπη) was a river nymph
, the daughter of the river Ladon
. Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus. She married the river god Asopus
by whom she had several (either 12 or 20) daughters, including Aegina
, Salamis
, Sinope
, Euboea
, Tanagra
, Thespia, Thebe, Corcyra
, Ismene, and Harpina
; and possibly sons, including Pelagon
and Ismenus. The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
She may or may not be identical to Metope, consort of the river god Sangarius
. Some say these were the possible parents of Hecuba
.
Metope is also the name of the daughter of King Echetus
.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, Metope (Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
: Μετώπη) was a river nymph
Nymph
A nymph in Greek mythology is a female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from gods, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing;...
, the daughter of the river Ladon
Ladon River
The river Ladon features in Greek mythology. It rises in Arcadia, west of Tripoli. It is a tributary to the river Alfeios, which empties into the Ionian Sea....
. Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus. She married the river god Asopus
Asopus
Asopus or Asôpos is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was the name of the gods of those rivers.-The rivers in Greece:...
by whom she had several (either 12 or 20) daughters, including Aegina
Aegina (mythology)
Aegina was a figure of Greek mythology, the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina, lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos. The archaic Temple of Aphaea, the "Invisible Goddess", on the island was later subsumed by the cult of Athena...
, Salamis
Salamis (mythology)
Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. She was carried away by Poseidon to the island which was named after her, whereupon she bore the god a son Cychreus who became king of the island....
, Sinope
Sinope (mythology)
In Greek Mythology, Sinope was one of the daughters of Asopus and thought to be an eponym of the city Sinope on the Black Sea.According to Corinna and Diodorus Siculus, Sinope was seized by the god Apollo and carried over to the place where later stood the city honouring her name...
, Euboea
Euboea (mythology)
Euboea is the name of several women in Greek mythology.#Euboea, a Naiad, daughter of the Boeotian river-god Asopus and of Metope. Poseidon abducted her. The island of Euboea was given her name....
, Tanagra
Tanagra
Tanagra is a town and a municipality north of Athens in Boeotia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Schimatari. It is not far from Thebes, and it was noted in antiquity for the figurines named after it...
, Thespia, Thebe, Corcyra
Korkyra
In Greek mythology Korkyra was the daughter of the Asopos river and the nymph Metope.According to myth Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, kidnapped her and brought her to a hitherto unnamed island and offered her name to the place: Korkyra or modern Kerkyra...
, Ismene, and Harpina
Harpina
In Greek mythology, Harpina was a Naiad nymph and daughter of Phliasian Asopus and of Metope. Pausanias and Diodorus Siculus mention Harpina and state that, according to the tradition of the Eleans and Phliasians, Ares mated with her in the city of Pisa and she bore him Oenomaus, the king of Pisa...
; and possibly sons, including Pelagon
Pelagon
There are several figures named Pelagon in Greek mythology.# Pelagon, the King of Phocis who gives Cadmus the cow that will guide him to Boeotia....
and Ismenus. The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
She may or may not be identical to Metope, consort of the river god Sangarius
Sangarius (mythology)
Sangarius is a Phrygian river-god of Greek mythology. He is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecuba. He is also the father of Nana and therefore the grandfather of Attis...
. Some say these were the possible parents of Hecuba
Hecuba
Hecuba was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, and the prophetess Cassandra...
.
Metope is also the name of the daughter of King Echetus
Echetus
King Echetus , in Greek mythology, was the son of Euchenor and Phlogea , and a king of Epirus.-Mention in the Odyssey:...
.