English Explanatory Dictionary

Aerope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The daughter of Catreus, king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. Catreus gave her to Nauplius, to be drowned or sold abroad, but Nauplius spared her.
  2. A daughter of Cepheus of Arcadia, who was king of Tegea.

Word forms

Aerope

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀερόπη (Aerópē).

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