In Greek mythology, Pelopia or Pelopea or Pelopeia (Ancient Greek: Πελόπεια) was a name attributed to four individuals:
- Pelopia, a Theban princess as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus of Lydia. She was slain by Artemis.[1]
- Pelopia, daughter of Pelias, King of Iolcus by either Anaxibia or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion.[2] She appears briefly in the Argonautica, giving her brother Acastus a mantle of double fold before he sails off with the Argonauts.[3] She and her sisters killed their father, having been tricked by Medea into believing this was needed to rejuvenate him.[4]
- Pelopia, mother of Cycnus by Ares.[5]
- Pelopia, daughter of Thyestes by whom she mothered Aegisthus.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.5.6; Fowler 2013, p. 367; Pherecydes fr. 126 Fowler, p. 342 [= FGrHist 3 F 126 = Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 159].
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.10
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.326
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 24.
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.7
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 87, 88 & 243
References[edit]
- 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.
- Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0198147404. Google Books.
- Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-198-14741-1. Google Books.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, 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.