Pelopia
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Template:Short description In Greek mythology, Pelopia or Pelopea or Pelopeia (Ancient Greek: Πελόπεια) was a name attributed to four individuals:
- Pelopia, a Theban princess as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus of Lydia. She was slain by Artemis.<ref>Apollodorus, 3.5.6; Fowler 2013, p. 367; Pherecydes fr. 126 Fowler, p. 342 [= FGrHist 3 F 126 = Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 159].</ref>
- Pelopia, daughter of Pelias, King of Iolcus by either Anaxibia or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.10</ref> She appears briefly in the Argonautica, giving her brother Acastus a mantle of double fold before he sails off with the Argonauts.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 1.326</ref> She and her sisters killed their father, having been tricked by Medea into believing this was needed to rejuvenate him.<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 24.</ref>
- Pelopia, mother of Cycnus by Ares.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.7.7</ref>
- Pelopia, daughter of Thyestes by whom she mothered Aegisthus.<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 87, 88 & 243</ref>
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an 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. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. Template:ISBN. Google Books.
- Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. Template:ISBN. Google Books.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.