Pelopia
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In Greek mythology, Pelopia or Pelopea or Pelopeia (Ancient Greek: Πελόπεια) was a name attributed to four individuals:
- Pelopia, a Theban princess as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus of Lydia. She was slain by Artemis.Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Pelopia 3.5.6]; Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA367 p. 367]; Pherecydes [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA342 fr. 126 Fowler, p. 342] [= FGrHist 3 F 126 = Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 159].
- Pelopia, daughter of Pelias, King of Iolcus by either Anaxibia or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion.Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Pelopia 1.9.10] She appears briefly in the Argonautica, giving her brother Acastus a mantle of double fold before he sails off with the Argonauts.Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.317 1.326] She and her sisters killed their father, having been tricked by Medea into believing this was needed to rejuvenate him.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#24 24].
- Pelopia, mother of Cycnus by Ares.Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Pelopia 2.7.7]
- Pelopia, daughter of Thyestes by whom she mothered Aegisthus.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#87 87], [https://topostext.org/work/206#88 88] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#243 243]
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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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0198147404}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC Google Books].
- Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-198-14741-1}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ Google Books].
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, 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.]
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Category:Princesses in Greek mythology
Category:Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology
Category:Mythological Iolcians