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Sterope

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Ster·o·pe  (str-p) also As·ter·o·pe (-str-)
n.
1. Greek Mythology One of the seven Pleiades.
2. One of the stars in the constellation Pleiades.
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Noun1.Sterope - (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
Asterope
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
nymph - (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
Pleiades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
2.Sterope - one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades
Asterope
Pleiades - a star cluster in the constellation Taurus


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139-146) And again, she bare the Cyclopes, overbearing in spirit, Brontes, and Steropes and stubborn-hearted Arges (6), who gave Zeus the thunder and made the thunderbolt: in all else they were like the gods, but one eye only was set in the midst of their fore-heads.
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