Encyclopedia > Rhodope

Article Content

Rhodope

In Greek mythology, Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus. He was vain and haughty and compared himself and Rhodope to Zeus and Hera. They changed him into mountains (Mt. Balkan[?] and Mt. Despoto[?], respectively).

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Monty Woolley

... his students was Thornton Wilder) who began acting on Broadway in 1936. He was typecast as the wasp-tongued, supercillious sophisticate. His most famous role is that of ...