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

1. ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 5.10.5
2. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.10.1

## 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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