Iope

A daughter of Aeolus and wife of Cepheus, from whom the town of Joppa derived its name.1 In the legends of Perseus and Andromeda, she is called Cassiopeia.

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References

Notes

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἰόπη.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.