| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ροδοπη |
Rhodopê |
Rhodope |
Rose-Face
(rhodos, ops) |
RHODOPE was a Naiad Nymph of Kikonia (Ciconia) in Thrake (north of Greece), a daughter of the river Hebros.
She and her husband Haimos were transformed into mountains as punishment for impersonating the gods. Both may have been Ourea (Mountain Gods) in origin.
| PARENTS |
[1.1] HEBROS (Lucian The Dance 51)
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| OFFSPRING |
[1.1] HEBROS (by Haimos) (Lucian The Dance 51)
[2.1] KIKON (by Apollon) (Other References) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
RHO′DOPE (Rhodopê), the nymph of a Thracian well, was the wife of Haemus and mother of Hebrus, and is mentioned among the playmates of Persephone. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 423; Lucian, de Saltat. 51.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 87 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"There in one corner of Thrace Rhodope and Haimon, icy mountains now, but once mortals, who claimed the names of gods most high."
R. E. Bell, Women of Classical Mythology :
"Loved by Apollon Rhodope gave birth to Kikon (Cicon) after whom the Kikones (Cicones) tribe of Thrace were named. She married Haimos a son of Boreas and the two initiated a cult in Thrake calling themselves Zeus and Hera. As punishment they were metamorphosed into moutains. Her father's stream was renamed after her son Hebros."
Sources:
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st BC - C1st AD
- Women of Classical Mythology - English Encyclopedia of Mythology C20th AD
Other references not currently quoted here: Lucian The Dance 51; Scholiast on Virgil's Aeneid 1.321
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