Chalciope

Chalciope {pronounced: /ˌkælˈsaɪ.əpi/; Greek: Χαλκιόπη), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four sons: Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus (some authors add Presbon).Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 9. 1Hyginus, Fabulae, 3 (he erroneously refers to Cytisorus as "Cylindrus")Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 34. 8Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122 When Aeetes was dethroned and banished by his brother Perses, Chalciope expressed great filial devotion and stayed by her father's side,Hyginus, Fabulae, 254 even though he had killed her husband. Hesiod referred to her as Iophossa,Cited in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122 and Pherecydes as Euenia.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1149
*Chalciope, daughter of Rhexenor (or of Chalcodon) and the second wife of Aegeas. She bore him no heirs.Bibliotheca 3. 15. 6Athenaeus, Banquet of the Learned, 13. 4
*Chalciope, daughter of Eurypylus of Cos, mother of Thessalus by Heracles.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 7. 8Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, 58
*Chalciope, consort of the aforementioned Thessalus, mother of his son Antiphus,Hyginus, Fabulae, 97 presumably also of Pheidippus and Nesson.Homer, Iliad, 2. 679Strabo, Geography, 9. 5. 23
*Chalciope or Chalcippe, daughter of Phalerus.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 97
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Category:Greek Mythology