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In Greek mythology, Sterope was the name of several individuals:
  1. Sterope was the daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
  2. Sterope was the daughter of Porthaon and Euryte . She is sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.
  3. Sterope (or Asterope) was one of the Pleiades and, by Ares, the mother of Oenomaus, King of Pisa. She is either wife or mother of Oenomaus.
  4. Sterope was daughter of Cepheus. She received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her hometown, Tegea from attack, thus winning Heracles' friendship for her father.
  5. Sterope was also the daughter of Acastus and either Astydameia or HippolyteIn Greek mythology, Hippolyte was an Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle given to her by Ares, her father. One of Heracles' Twelve Labors was to retrieve this girdle. He had succeeded but, at the last moment, his traveling companion, Theseus, k.
  6. Sterope was one of the horses of HeliosThis article is about Greek mythology. For other uses of Helios, see Helios (disambiguation). In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Helios ( Greek for "the sun"), whom Homer equates with the sun titan Hyperion. Helios was s.
  7. Sterope was one of the Maenads.

Not to be confused with SteropesIn Greek mythology, Steropes ("flasher") was one of the first generation of Cyclopes (one-eyed giants). Not to be confused with the female name Sterope. Giants Greek mythology., one of the Cyclopes.

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