Tags: Mythological Figure.
Sterope (Ancient Greek: Στερόπη (from στεροπή steropê lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology: Sterope (or Asterope) one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares)a name of 22 Tauri in the Pleiades cluster of stars Sterope daughter of Pleuron and Xanthippe Sterope daughter of Porthaon and Euryte or Laothoe sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous Sterope daughter of Cepheus King of Tegea who received a lock of Medusa’s hair from Heracles to protect her hometown Tegea from attack thus winning Heracles’ friendship for her father Sterope daughter of Acastus and either Astydameia or Hippolyte Sterope one of the horses of Helios Sterope a daughter of Helios and wife of Eurypylus Sterope one of the Maenads↑