Dryope

In Greek mythology, Dryope (/ˈdraɪ.əpiː/; Ancient Greek: Δρυόπη derived from δρῦς drys, "oak"; dryope "woodpecker"[1]) is the name attributed to several distinct figures:

• Dryope, daughter of Dryops and mother of Amphissus by Apollo.
• Dryope, mother of Tarquitus by Faunus, the god of the woods. Tarquitus was slain by Aeneas.[2]
• Dryope, a nymph responsible for kidnapping Hylas, which she did in accord with Hera's will.[3] Her name may have to do with the fact that Hylas was the son of Theiodamas, the king of the Dryopes.
• Dryope, a Theban woman of Phoenician origin, mother of Chromis. She joined the Maenads disregarding her pregnancy, and went into labor when she was dragging a sacrificial bull by the horns.[4]
• Dryope, a Lemnian.[5]

This article is about the female mythological character. For the people, see Dryopes.

See also

• Dryopia

References

1. Graves, Robert, (1955) 1960. The Greek Myths.
2. Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 551
3. Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3. 529 ff; Statius, Silvae, 1. 5. 22; 3. 4. 42
4. Statius, Thebaid, 2. 614 ff
5. Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2. 174

Sources

• Graves, Robert, (1955) 1960. The Greek Myths. 21.j; 26.5; 56.2; 150.b, 1.
• Grimal, Pierre (1996). Dictionnaire de la Mythologie Grecque Et Romaine. Wiley. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
• Kerenyi, Karl. 1951. The Gods of the Greeks 141, 173.
• Mark Percy Owen Morford (1999). Classical mythology. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-514338-6.
• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Dry'ope"
• Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band V, Halbband 10, Donatio-Ephoroi (1905), s. 1746