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Charops (mythology)

{{Short description|Several figures in Greek mythology}}

In Greek mythology, the name Charops ({{langx|grc|Χάροψ||lit=from χαροπός, kharopós, "fierce, bright-eyed|translit=Khárops}}{{cite web |title=χαροπός - Ancient Greek (LSJ) |url=https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%82 |website=Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon |access-date=28 July 2023}}) may refer to:

  • Charops, also called CharopusApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.3.13&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charopus E.3.13], king of Syme, father of Nireus by the nymph Aglaia.Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.672&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 2.672]; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#53.2 5.53.2]; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]; Tzetzes on Lycophron, [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/314/mode/2up 1011]. His son was the second most handsome Achaean warrior after Achilles.
  • Charops, father of Oeagrus. He warned Dionysus of Lycurgus plotting against him, and was granted in reward with the knowledge of secret rites; the kingdom of Thrace was also handed over to him after the defeat of Lycurgus.Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/3E*.html#65.4 3.65.4–6]
  • Charops, son of Hippasus and brother of Socus. He was a Lycian soldier who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+11.426&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 11.426]; Ovid, Metamorphoses [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.260&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 13.260]
  • Charops, husband of Oia, the daughter of Cephalus and eponym of the deme Oia, Attica.Suida, s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/240#oi.44 Oiēthēn (Οἰῆθεν)]
  • Charops, one of Actaeon's dogs.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]
  • Charops, a surname of Heracles, under which he had a statue near mount Laphystion on the spot where he was believed to have brought forth Cerberus from Hades.Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.34.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 9.34.5]

See also

  • {{MoMP|16070|Naming citation}} for Jovian asteroid 16070 Charops

Notes

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References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
  • Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
  • Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
  • Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].

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