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Definition of Steropes

Sterope
Asterope As*ter"o*pe, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.] 1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope. 2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.

Meaning of Steropes from wikipedia

- distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are the three brothers, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, who made Zeus's weapon, the thunderbolt. In Homer's Odyssey...
- Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Gr****: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning) was the name of several individuals in Gr**** mythology: Sterope...
- In Gr**** mythology, Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Ancient Gr****: Στερόπη, [sterópɛː], from στεροπή, steropē, lightning), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was...
- The Sterope /ˈstɛrəpiː/ or Asterope /əˈstɛrəpiː/ system is a double star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. Its components have the Flamsteed designations...
- In Gr**** mythology, Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpi/; Ancient Gr****: Στερόπη, from στεροπή, steropē, lightning) was a daughter of Cepheus, king of Tegea in Arcadia...
- and Ur****, and his siblings include his fellow cyclopes, Brontes and Steropes, along with the Titans and the Hecatoncheires. After his birth, Ur****...
- USS Sterope (AK-96) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops...
- Hemiandrus sterope, the lightning wētā, is a species of Hemiandrus. It is a medium-sized ground wētā, and was discovered in the Marlborough Sounds alongside...
- Brontes, one of the three Hesiodic Cyclopes who, along with his brothers, Steropes, Arges, Akmonides, Pyrakmon, Euryalos, Elatreus, Trakhios and Halimedes...
- one of the Gr**** mythological figures known as the Cyclopes. Steropes (1848 - 1871) Steropes is also one of the Gr**** mythological figures known as the...