Aerope

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀερόπη (Aerópē).

Proper noun

Aerope

1. (Greek mythology) 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. (Greek mythology) A daughter of Cepheus of Arcadia, who was king of Tegea.