Antiŏpe

, a daughter of Nycteus king of Thebes by Polyxo, was beloved by Jupiter, who, to deceive her, changed himself into a satyr. She became pregnant, and, to avoid the resentment of her father, she fled to mount Cithæron, where she brought forth twins, Amphion and Zethus. She exposed them, to prevent discovery, but they were preserved. After this she fled to Epopeus king of Sicyon, who married her. Some say that Epopeus carried her away, for which action Nycteus made war against him, and at his death left his crown to his brother Lycus, entreating him to continue the war, and punish the ravisher of his daughter. Lycus obeyed his injunctions, killed Epopeus, and recovered Antiope, whom he loved and married, though his niece. His first wife, Dirce, was jealous of his new connection; she prevailed upon her husband, and Antiope was delivered into her hands, and confined in a prison, where she was daily tormented. Antiope, after many years’ imprisonment, obtained means to escape, and went after her sons, who undertook to avenge her wrongs upon Lycus and his wife Dirce. They took Thebes, put the king to death, and tied Dirce to the tail of a wild bull, which dragged her till she died. Bacchus changed her into a fountain, and deprived Antiope of the use of her senses. In this forlorn situation she wandered all over Greece, and at last found relief from Phocus son of Ornytion, who cured her of her disorder, and married her. Hyginus, fable 7, says that Antiope was divorced by Lycus, because she had been ravished by Epopeus, whom he calls Epaphus, and that after her repudiation she became pregnant by Jupiter. Meanwhile Lycus married Dirce, who suspected that her husband still kept the company of Antiope, upon which she imprisoned her. Antiope, however, escaped from her confinement, and brought forth on mount Cithæron. Some authors have called her daughter of Asopus, because she was born on the banks of that river. The Scholiast on A poll on i us , bk. 1 , li. 735 , maintains that there were two persons of the name, one the daughter of Nycteus, and the other of Asopus and mother of Amphion and Zethus. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 6 ; bk. 9 , ch. 17 .— Ovid , bk. 6 , Metamorphoses , li. 110 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 5 .— Pro pert i us , bk. 3 , poem 15.— Homer , Ody ey , bk. 11 , li. 259 .— Hyginus , fables 7, 8, & 155.――A daughter of Thespius or Thestius, mother of Alopius by Hercules. Apollo dor us , bk. 2 , ch. 7 .――A daughter of Mars, queen of the Amazons, taken prisoner by Hercules, and given in marriage to These us. She is also called Hippolyte. See: Hippolyte .――A daughter of Æolus, mother of Bœotus and Hellen by Neptune. Hyginus , fable 157.――A daughter of Pilon, who married Eurytus. Hippolyte , fable 14.