Ops (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Ops (Ancient Greek: Ὤψ) may refer to:

  • Ops (male), son of Peisenor and father of Eurycleia.[1] He may or may not be the same as Ops, father of Melas.[2]
  • Ops (female), mother of Eurypylus by Euaemon.[3] In some accounts, the mother of son was called Deipyle (Deityche).[4]
For the Roman goddess, see Ops.

References
  1. Homer, Odyssey, 1. 429; 2. 347; 20. 148
  2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 28. 5
  3. Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
  4. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 619 - 620
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