Rhŏdŏpē, ēs, f., = Ῥοδόπη.
I A mountain range in Thrace , a part of the Haemus , now Despoto Dagh , Mel. 2, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 351; Ov. M. 2, 222; 10, 77.— Acc. to the myth, originally a man, Ov. M. 6, 87 sq.—
II Meton., Thrace , Verg. E. 6, 30; Stat. Th. 12, 181.—Hence,
A Rhŏdŏ-pēĭus , a, um, adj., Rhodopean , for Thracian : arces, Verg. G. 4, 461: regna, i. e. Thrace , Ov. Ib. 347: vates, i. e. Orpheus , id. M. 10, 11; also called heros, id. ib. 10, 50: spicula, Sil. 12, 400: saxa, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 113: flumina, id. IV. Cons. Hon. 526: conjux, i. e. Progne , wife of the Thracian king Tereus , Stat. Th. 5, 121.—
B Rhŏdŏ-pēus , a, um, adj., Thracian : saxa, Luc. 6, 618.