InGreek mythology,Metope/mɪˈtoʊpiː/ (Ancient Greek:Μετώπη) may refer to the following:

• Metope, theArcadiannaiad daughter of theriver godLadon,^[1] thus sister toDaphne. Her waters were near the town ofStymphalus in thePeloponnesus.^[2] She married the river godAsopus by whom she had several (either 12^[3] or 20^[4]) daughters, includingAegina,^[5]Salamis,Thebe,Corcyra,Tanagra,Thespia,Cleone,Sinope,Peirene,Asopis,Ornea,Chalcis,Harpina^[6] andIsmene;^[7] and sons, includingPelagon (Pelasgus) andIsmenus.^[1] The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
• Metope, a daughter of the above Asopus in some accounts.^[8]
• Metope, consort of the river godSangarius. Some say these were the possible parents ofHecuba.^[9] She may be identical or different from the above Metope.
• Metope, anEpirotian princess as the daughter of KingEchetus. She had an intrigue with a lover and as a punishment her father mutilated the lover and blinded Metope by piercing her eyes with bronze needles. He then incarcerated her in a tower and gave her grains of bronze, promising that she would regain her sight when she had ground these grains into flour.^[10]Eustathius and thescholia on this passage call the daughter and her loverAmphissa andAechmodicus respectively.^[11][12]

• 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.ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Diodorus Siculus,The Library of History translated byCharles 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.
• Homer,The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.ISBN 978-0674995611.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Pindar,Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar,The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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