Asterope (English spelling)

Japanese: Asteropē(英語表記)Asterope
Asterope (English spelling)

In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan gods Atlas and Pleione (daughter of Oceanus), Alkyonē, Merope, Celaino, Electra, Asterope, Taygetē, and Maia (mother of the messenger god Hermes). They and their mother were pursued by the hunter Orion in the forests of Boeotia for five years, so Zeus, taking pity on them, made both mother and daughter and their pursuer ascend to the heavens, transforming Orion into a hunter with dogs, and the daughters into seven doves (peleiades in ancient Greek) trying to escape from Orion.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Asteropē" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ギリシア神話で,ティタン神アトラスとプレイオネPlēionē(オケアノス〈大洋〉の娘)の7人の娘,アルキュオネAlkyonē,メロペMeropē,ケライノKelainō,エレクトラĒlektra,アステロペAsteropē,タユゲテTaygetē,マイアMaia(伝令神ヘルメスの母)の総称。彼女たちはその母とともにボイオティア地方の森の中で,狩人のオリオンに5年にわたって追われつづけたため,これを憐れんだゼウスが母娘も追手もともに天に上らせ,オリオンを犬を連れた狩人の星に,娘たちをそのオリオン星から逃れようとする7羽の鳩(古代ギリシア語でペレイアデスpeleiades)の星(和名は昴(すばる))に化したという。…

※「Asteropē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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