In Greek mythology, Opis () or Upis () may refer to the following characters:
Feminine
- Opis or Ops, another name for Rhea.
- Opis, one of the 50 Nereides, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene.
- Opis, Oupis or Upis, a Hyperborean nymph, daughter of the North Wind Boreas. Together with Arge, she carried an offering which had been vowed for the birth of Apollo and Artemis, to Eileithyia, at Delos.
- Upis, the name of a mythical being said to have reared Artemis. She may be the same as in above nymph.
- Opis or Ops, mother by Evaemon of Eurypylus, one of the Achaean Leaders.
Masculine
- Upis or Upisis, father of the "third" Artemis by Glauce.
Surname
- Oupis or Upis, a surname of Artemis, as the goddess assisting women in childbirth.
- Upis, a surname of Nemesis at Rhamnous, in the remote northernmost deme of Attica.
Notes
References
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