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Description:
In
Greek mythology
,
Metope
(
Greek
: Μετώπη) was a river
nymph
, the daughter of the river
Ladon
.
Apollodorus
,
Bibliotheca
, 3. 12. 6 Her waters were near the town of
Stymphalus
in the
Peloponnesus
.
Pindar
, Olympian Ode 6. 83 She married the river god
Asopus
by whom she had several (either 12 or 20) daughters, including
Aegina
,
Salamis
,
Sinope
,
Euboea
,
Tanagra
,
Thespia
,
Thebe
,
Corcyra
,
Ismene
, and
Harpina
; and possibly sons, including
Pelagon
and
Ismenus
.
Diodorus Siculus
,
Library of History
, 4. 72. 1 The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
She may or may not be identical to
Metope
, consort of the river god
Sangarius
. Some say these were the possible parents of
Hecuba
.
Apollodorus
,
Bibliotheca
, 3. 12. 4
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