Sterope

Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning)^[1] 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).^[2]
• Sterope, a Pleuronian princess as the daughter of King Pleuron and Xanthippe. She was the sister of Agenor, Stratonice and Laophonte.^[3]
• Sterope, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Porthaon and Euryte or Laothoe.^[4] She was the sister of Oeneus, Agrius, Melas, Leucopeus, Stratonice and Eurythemiste. Sterope was sometimes said to be the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.^[5]
• Sterope, an Arcadian princess as the daughter of Cepheus, king of Tegea.^[6]
• Sterope, a princess of Iolcus as the daughter of King Acastus by either Astydamia or Hippolyte.^[7]
• Sterope, daughter of Helios and wife of King Eurypylus of Cyrene by whom she became the mother of Lycaon and Leucippus.^[8]
• Sterope, one of the Maenads. She followed Dionysus during the god's Indian campaign but was slain by Morrheus.^[9]
• Sterope, one of the horses of Helios.^[10]

Sterope is also the name of one of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.