Charops (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Charops (Ancient Greek: Χάροψ, romanized: Khárops, lit. 'from χαροπός, kharopós, "fierce, bright-eyed'^[1]) may refer to:

• Charops, also called Charopus^[2], king of Syme, father of Nireus^[2] by the nymph Aglaia.^[3] 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.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• Charops, husband of Oia, the daughter of Cephalus and eponym of the deme Oia, Attica.^[6]
• Charops, one of Actaeon's dogs.^[7]
• 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.^[8]

See also

• Naming citation for Jovian asteroid 16070 Charops

Notes

1. "χαροπός - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
2. Apollodorus, E.3.13
3. Homer, Iliad 2.672; Diodorus Siculus, 5.53.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 97; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1011.
4. Diodorus Siculus, 3.65.4–6
5. Homer, Iliad 11.426; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.260
6. Suida, s.v. Oiēthēn (Οἰῆθεν)
7. Hyginus, Fabulae 181
8. Pausanias, 9.34.5

References

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• 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
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