Sterope (Pleiad)

In Greek mythology, Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek:, [sterópɛː]), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades^[1] (the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia) and the wife of Oenomaus (or, according to some accounts, his mother by Ares).^[2]

Legacy

• USS Sterope (AK-96) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the star.
• Sterope was a name of 22 Tauri in the Pleiades cluster of stars

Reference

Source

• Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca. 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)

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