Charops (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Charops (Ancient Greek: Χαρόποιό means "fierce") or Charopus (Χαρόπου means "bright-eyed") may refer to:

• Charops, king of Syme, father of Nireus by Aglaea.[1][2][3][4]
• Charops, a Thracian, father of Oeagrus. He warned Dionysus of Lycurgus plotting against him, and was granted in reward with the knowledge of secret rites; the kingdom of Thrace was also handed over to him after the defeat of Lycurgus.[5]
• Charops, a defender of Troy, son of Hippasus and brother of Socus. Was killed by Odysseus.[6][7]
• Charops, husband of Oia, the daughter of Cephalus and eponym of the deme Oia, Attica.[8]
• Charops, one of Actaeon's dogs.[9]
• Charops, a surname of Heracles, under which he had a statue near mount Laphystion on the spot where he was believed to have brought forth Cerberus from Hades.[10]

Notes

1. Homer, Iliad 2.672
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.3.13
3. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.53.2
4. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1011
5. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 3.65.4–6
6. Homer, Iliad 11.426
7. Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.260
8. Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Oiēthēn
9. Hyginus, Fabulae 181
10. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.34.5

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, 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.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-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.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.