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Charops (mythology)

Several figures in Greek mythology

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Several figures in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, the name Charops () may refer to:

Charops, also called Charopus, king of Syme, father of Nireus by the nymph Aglaia. His son was the second most handsome Achaean warrior after Achilles.
Charops, 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.
Charops, son of Hippasus and brother of Socus. He was a Lycian soldier who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.
Charops, husband of Oia, the daughter of Cephalus and eponym of the deme Oia, Attica.
Charops, one of Actaeon's dogs.
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.

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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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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. . 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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.
Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.

References

"χαροπός - Ancient Greek (LSJ)".
[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]; [[John Tzetzes. Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/314/mode/2up 1011].
Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/3E*.html#65.4 3.65.4–6]
Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+11.426&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 11.426]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+13.260&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Charops 13.260]
[[Suda. Suida]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#oi.44 Oiēthēn (Οἰῆθεν)]''
Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]
[[Pausanias (geographer)

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