Aglaope (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Aglaope[1] (Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαόπη), also called Aglaopheme[2] (Ἀγλαοφήμη) and Aglaophonos[3] (Ἀγλαόφωνος), is the name of one of the Sirens.[4] Her name means "with lambent voice". Aglaope was attested as a daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene[5] or her sister Terpsichore[6] or Sterope, daughter of King Porthaon of Calydon.[7] She may have two or one sister(s), namely Peisinoe[8] or Molpe,[3] or just Thelxiepeia[9] or Thelxinoe.[3]

Notes

  1. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.18; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 7l2
  2. Eustathius, Commentaries 1709
  3. Scholia on Apollonius, 4.892 = Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 47
  4. Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 16. ISBN 9780874365818.
  5. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.18; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  6. Apollonius, 4.892; Nonnus, 13.309
  7. Apollodorus, 1.7.10
  8. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 7l2
  9. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 7l2; Eustathius, Commentaries 1709

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