Antiope
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Antiope can mean:
- Greek mythologyGreek mythologyGreek 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...
- Antiope (Amazon), sister of Hippolyte kidnapped by Theseus, during Heracles' ninth labour
- Antiope (mother of Amphion)Antiope (mother of Amphion)In Greek mythology, Antiope was the name of the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; in later sources she is called the daughter of the "nocturnal" king Nycteus of Thebes or, in the Cypria, of Lycurgus, but for Homer her site is purely Boeotian. Her beauty attracted Zeus,...
by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece - Antiope, daughter of ThespiusThespiusThespius was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.-Life account:...
who bore HeraclesHeraclesHeracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...
a son, Alopius - Antiope, nymph of Pieria, the mother, by PierusPierusPierus , in Greek mythology, is a name attributed to two individuals.*Pierus, the eponym of Pieria, son of Makednos and father by Antiope or Euippe of the of Pierides, nine maidens who wanted to outshine the Muses...
, of the Pierides, nine sisters who challenged the muses and, on their defeat, were turned into birds - Antiope, a consort of HeliosHeliosHelios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
and possible mother of Aeetes and Aloeus - Antiope, daughter of Pylon, wife of EurytusEurytusEurytus, Erytus , or Eurytos is the name of eleven characters in Greek mythology, and of at least one historical figure.-King of Oechalia:...
- Antiope, wife of LaocoonLaocoönLaocoön the son of Acoetes is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology.-History:Laocoön is a Trojan priest of Poseidon , whose rules he had defied, either by marrying and having sons, or by having committed an impiety by making love with his wife in the presence of a cult image in a sanctuary...
- Other uses
- Antiope, a fragmentary play by EuripidesEuripidesEuripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
- Antiope, a painting by TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
- Antiope (DC Comics), from the fictional DC Comics universe
- Antiope Reef, a coral reef northeast of Niue
- 90 Antiope90 AntiopeThe most remarkable feature of Antiope is that it consists of two components of almost equal size , making it a truly "double" asteroid. Its binary nature was discovered on 10 August 2000 by a group of astronomers using adaptive optics at the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea. The "secondary" is...
, a double asteroid - Antiope (teletext)Antiope (teletext)Antiope was a French teletext standard in the 1980s. It also formed the basis for the display standard used in the French videotex service Minitel....
, a now-abandoned teletext system - , a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1948-64
- Antiope, a fragmentary play by Euripides