Dryope

This article is about the female mythological character. For the people, see Dryopes.

In Greek mythology, Dryope (/ˈdraɪ.əpiː/; Ancient Greek: Δρυόπη derived from δρῦς drys, "oak"; dryope "woodpecker"^[1]) is the name attributed to several distinct figures:

• Dryope, daughter of Dryops and mother of Amphissus by Apollo. She was the wife of Andraemon.
• Dryope, mother of Tarquitus by Faunus, the god of the woods. Tarquitus was slain by Aeneas.^[2]
• Dryope, a nymph responsible for kidnapping Hylas, which she did in accord with Hera's will.^[3] Her name may have to do with the fact that Hylas was the son of Theiodamas, the king of the Dryopes.
• Dryope, a Theban woman of Phoenician origin, mother of Chromis. She joined the Maenads disregarding her pregnancy, and went into labor when she was dragging a sacrificial bull by the horns.^[4]
• Dryope, a Lemnian.^[5]
• Dryope, mother of the Oenotropae by Anius.^[6]

See also

• Dryopia