Dryope

Dryope (Greek Δρυόπη ) is a figure in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Eurytos of Oechalia with Apollo and the mother of Amphissos.

In its history, it is a criminal transformation, in which Dryope, similar to the Daphne is transformed into a tree, as she picks at a crater lake with myrrh shrubs of a lotus tree blossoms without knowing that it is the tree turned to the nymph Lotis is. However, their ignorance they are not saved from the penalty. The story is told partly from the perspective of her sister, who had to watch the transformation.

Antoninus Liberalis told in reference to the Metamorphoses of Nicander of Colophon another story. Thus, Apollo saw Dryope how they interact with their friends, the Hamadryads, danced on Mount Oita and tending the flocks of her father. To be able to approach undisturbed her, Apollo transformed into a turtle to play finally started the Dryope and the Nymphs. As Dryope held the turtle on the arm, the animal or Apollo transformed into a snake. Fearing the Hamadryads ran away, leaving Apollon with Dryope alone. A short time later married Dryope Andraemon, son of Oxylus, and gave birth to Amphissos, son of Apollo. One day, when it was Dryope on the way to the temple, they raided the Hamadryads, turned it into a nymph and had a poplar and a source. Amphissos erected a sacred shrine at this point.

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• Ovid, Metamorphoses IX, 324-393
• Francis Celoria: The Metamorphoses of Antoninus liberalism: A Translation With Commentary. Routledge, London 1992, ISBN 0-415-06896-7 online
• Graves, Robert: Greek mythology. Sources and interpretation. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, ISBN 3-499-55404-6.

• Person of Greek mythology