Definition of Asterope

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades.

Exact synonyms: Sterope
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Nymph
Group relationships: Pleiades

2. Noun. One of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades.
Exact synonyms: Sterope
Group relationships: Pleiades
Generic synonyms: Star

Definition of Asterope

1. n. One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asterope

Aster ericoides
Aster falcatus
Aster linarifolius
Aster linosyris
Aster macrophyllus
Aster novae-angliae
Aster novi-belgii
Aster ptarmicoides
Aster shortii
Aster tripolium
Aster turbinellis
Asteridae
Asterix
Asterococcus
Asteroidea
Asterope (current term)
Astghik
Asthana
Asti
Astilbe biternata
Astilbe chinensis pumila
Astilbe japonica
Astley
Astlik
Aston
Astor
Astraea
Astraeus
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus danicus

Literary usage of Asterope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"Thus he figures large cells with huge nuclei at the posterior ends of the neural foundations in Asterope (No. 31, Taf. 14, Fig. ..."

2. The Friendly Stars by Martha Evans Martin (1907)
"Asterope is between the seventh and the eighth magnitude, and very few persons can see ... Asterope, Taygeta, and Atlas each have a companion star — that is ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"At present Merope is one of those that can be plainly seen with the naked eye, while the star of Asterope, who was said to have had the god Mars for her ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"Genus (38) Asterope, Philippi, 1840. 129. Asterope marice (Baird). 1850. ... Asterope mariae, B. and N., 1. c., Part II. p. 630, pi. 1. figs. 1-6 et seq. ..."

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