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1 Antiopa
Antĭŏpa, ae, f., = Antiopê.I.A daughter of Nycteus, wife of Lycus, king of Thebes, mother of Amphion and Zethus. She was bound to the neck of a bull by Dirce, whom Lycus had married, but was released by her sons, Hyg. Fab. 7.—II.The name of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Pers. 1, 77. -
2 Dircaeus
Dircē, ēs (acc. Dircam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65), f., = Dirkê.I.A fountain N. W. of Thebes, in Boeotia, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 239; Stat. Th. 1, 38.—B.Meton., poet., the region lying around this fountain, Stat. Th. 2, 322.—Hence, Dircaeus, a, um, adj., Dircean; hence (pars pro toto), Boeotian:II.Thebae,
Prop. 3, 17, 33 (4, 16, 33 M.); cf.ager,
Stat. Ach. 1, 12:arva,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 320:Amphion,
Verg. E. 2, 24:cygnus,
i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25:heros,
i. e. Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 142 et saep.—The wife of the Theban prince Lycus, who, on account of her cruelty to Antiope, was tied to a bull by Amphion and Zetheus, and dragged about till dead, and was afterwards thrown (changed, acc. to the fable) into the above-named fountain, Prop. 3, 15, 13 (4, 14, 11 M.); Hyg. Fab. 7 and 8; Plaut. l. l. -
3 Dirce
Dircē, ēs (acc. Dircam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65), f., = Dirkê.I.A fountain N. W. of Thebes, in Boeotia, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 239; Stat. Th. 1, 38.—B.Meton., poet., the region lying around this fountain, Stat. Th. 2, 322.—Hence, Dircaeus, a, um, adj., Dircean; hence (pars pro toto), Boeotian:II.Thebae,
Prop. 3, 17, 33 (4, 16, 33 M.); cf.ager,
Stat. Ach. 1, 12:arva,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 320:Amphion,
Verg. E. 2, 24:cygnus,
i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25:heros,
i. e. Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 142 et saep.—The wife of the Theban prince Lycus, who, on account of her cruelty to Antiope, was tied to a bull by Amphion and Zetheus, and dragged about till dead, and was afterwards thrown (changed, acc. to the fable) into the above-named fountain, Prop. 3, 15, 13 (4, 14, 11 M.); Hyg. Fab. 7 and 8; Plaut. l. l.
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