In Greek mythology, Antiope (Antiópē) is the mother of the twin heroes Amphion and Zethus by Zeus. Early sources make her a daughter of the Boeotian river-god Asopus; most later authors make her a child of King Nycteus of Thebes. Forced to expose her infants, she endured years of abuse under Lycus and Dirce until her grown sons rescued her and took Thebes. Distinct from the Amazon queen Antiope (atlas id antiope-amazon).
Adapted from Wikipedia, "Antiope (mother of Amphion)" · CC BY-SA 4.0
I.Parentage and Zeus
Homer's Odyssey presents Antiope as Asopus's daughter who boasted of lying with Zeus and bearing Amphion and Zethus, founders of seven-gated Thebes. The fuller classical stemma makes her daughter of Nycteus by Polyxo and sister of Nycteïs. Roman-era art and poetry often show Zeus approaching her as a satyr.
Fearful of her father's anger after conceiving, she fled to Sicyon and married (or was taken by) King Epopeus. Nycteus charged his brother Lycus to punish her; Lycus killed Epopeus, dragged Antiope back toward Thebes, and she bore twins near Cithaeron whom a herdsman raised as Amphion and Zethus.
II.Dirce, vengeance, and cult
Euripides' lost Antiope shaped the standard tale: Lycus and Dirce enslaved and tormented Antiope for years. Escaping to Eleutherae, she found her sons; after their foster father revealed their birth, they tied Dirce to a wild bull and Hermes spared Lycus, who yielded Thebes to the twins. Amphion's lyre then raised the city's walls.
Some traditions say Dionysus drove Antiope mad for Dirce's death until Phocus cured and married her on Parnassus. Pausanias records a chryselephantine cult image of Antiope in Aphrodite's temple at Sicyon. The atlas node antiope is this Theban mother, not the Amazon of Theseus.