InGreek mythology,Panopea (Ancient Greek: ΠανόπειαPanopeia) orPanope (Πανόπη) may refer to various characters. The names mean 'panorama' or means 'of the beautiful husband'.[1]
Panope orPoenope,[2] theNereid of the sea panorama.[1] She was one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea'Nereus and theOceanidDoris.[3] Panope, together withDoto andGalatea, escorted her sisterThetis out of the sea to her wedding withPeleus.[4] Later on, Panope and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief ofAchilles for his slain friendPatroclus.[5]
Panopea,Panopeia[6] orPanopaea[2], another 'virgin' Nereid[7] who together with her sisters, Thetis,Nesaea,Spio,Thalia,Cymodoce andMelite, helped the heroAeneas and his crew during a storm.[8] She may be the same with her above supposed sister who was doubled byHyginus in his account.
Panope, aThespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of KingThespius andMegamede[9] or by one of his many wives.[10] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slew theCithaeronian lion,[11] Panope with her other sisters, except for one,[12] all lay with the hero in a night,[13] a week[14] or for 50 days[15] as what their father strongly desired it to be.[16] Panope boreHeracles a son,Threpsippas.[17]
Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at theio.com.
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