Chalciope

For the genus of noctuid moths, see Chalciope (moth).

Chalciope (Greek: Χαλκιόπη), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.

• Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four sons: Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus (some authors add Presbon).^[1][2][3][4] When Aeetes was dethroned and banished by his brother Perses, Chalciope expressed great filial devotion and stayed by her father's side,^[5] even though he had killed her husband.^[2] Hesiod referred to her as Iophossa,^[6] and Pherecydes as Euenia.^[7]

• Chalciope, daughter of Rhexenor (or of Chalcodon) and the second wife of Aegeas. She bore him no heirs.^[8][9]

• Chalciope, daughter of Eurypylus of Cos, mother of Thessalus by Heracles.^[10][11]

• Chalciope, consort of the aforementioned Thessalus, mother of his son Antiphus,^[12] presumably also of Pheidippus and Nesson.^[13][14]

• Chalciope or Chalcippe, daughter of Phalerus.^[15]

References

1. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 9. 1
2. ^ ^{a b} Hyginus, Fabulae, 3 (he erroneously refers to Cytisorus as "Cylindrus")
3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 34. 8
4. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122
5. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 254
6. ^ Cited in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122
7. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1149
8. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 15. 6
9. ^ Athenaeus, Banquet of the Learned, 13. 4
10. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 7. 8
11. ^ Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, 58
12. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
13. ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 679
14. ^ Strabo, Geography, 9. 5. 23
15. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 97