Antiope (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Antiope /ænˈtaɪ.əpi/ or Antiopa (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting"^[1]) may refer to the following

• Antiope, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and possibly, Achiroe, the naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus.^[2] She was the sister of Agenor II,^[3] Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus, Cepheus and Ninus. By her uncle, King Agenor I^[3] of Tyre, Antiope became the mother of Cadmus and his siblings.^[4] In some accounts, this daughter of Belus was called Damno.^[5] Otherwise, the spouse of Agenor was variously given as Telephassa,^[6] Argiope^[7] or Tyro.^[8][9]
• Antiope, daughter of Aeolus, by whom Poseidon begot Boeotus and Hellen (Aeolus).^[10] She was also called Arne^[11] or Melanippe,^[12] in some accounts.
• Antiope, nymph of Pieria and the mother, by Pierus, of the Pierides, nine sisters who challenged the muses and, on their defeat, were turned into birds.^[13]
• Antiope, consort of Helios and possible mother of Aeetes and Aloeus.^[14]
• Antiope, sister of Hippolyte, kidnapped by Theseus during Heracles' ninth labour.^[15]
• Antiope, mother of Amphion by Zeus, associated with the mythology of Thebes, Greece.^[16]
• Antiope, also called Antioche,^[17] daughter of Pylon and wife of Eurytus.^[18]
• Antiope, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[19] or by one of his many wives.^[20] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[21] Antiope with her other sisters, except for one,^[22] all laid with the hero in a night,^[23] a week^[24] or for 50 days^[25] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[26] Antiope bore Heracles a son, Alopius.^[27]
• Antiope, wife of Laocoön.^{[citation needed]}