Antiope
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Antiope
- (Greek mythology) An Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe and Hippolyte, (and possibly Orithyia), queens of the Amazons,. She was the wife of Theseus, and the only Amazon known to have married.
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer.
- (astronomy) 90 Antiope, a main belt asteroid.
Translations
an Amazon, daughter of Ares
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the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus
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