Asopis

Asopis (Ancient Greek: Ἀσωπίς) was the name of two women in Greek mythology.

• Asopis, one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Mentor [1]
• Asopis, one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon.[2] Like her sister Aegina, she was abducted by Zeus in the likeness of a flame of fire.

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8
2. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.72.1

References

• 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
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.