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.

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.