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Lynceus |
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King of Argos |
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Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynceus
«/b»In «u»Greek mythology «/u», «b»Lynceus«/b» («u»Ancient Greek «/u»: was a king of «u»Argos «/u», succeeding «u»Danaus «/u». He is named as a descendant of Belus through his father «u»Aegyptus «/u», who was the twin brother of «u»Danaus «/u». Danaus had fifty daughters, the «u»Danaides «/u», while Aegyptus had fifty sons including Lynceus, whose name when translated means 'wolf'. Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and Danaus fled to «u»Argos «/u», ruled by King «u»Pelasgus «/u» with his daughters. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them to spare the Argives the pain of a battle. However, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Forty-nine followed through, but one, «u»Hypermnestra «/u» refused because her husband, Lynceus, honored her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angry with his disobedient daughter and threw her to the Argive courts. «u»Aphrodite «/u» intervened and saved her. Lynceus later killed Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers. Lynceus and Hypermnestra then began a dynasty of Argive kings (the Danaan Dynasty) beginning with «u»Abas «/u». In some versions of the legend, the Danaides, minus Hypermnestra (or sometimes alternately «u»Amymone «/u») were punished in «u»Tartarus «/u» by being forced to carry water through a jug with holes, or a sieve, so the water always leaked out.«u»[1][2][3]
«/u»«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Apollodorus «/u». «u»«i»Bibliotheke «/u»«/i». Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 2 and Chapter 9, p. 16; Book III, Chapter X, p. 3 and Chapter IX, p. 2.
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Apollonius Rhodius «/u». «u»«i»Argonautica «/u»«/i». Book I, 151-155.
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Ovid «/u», «u»«i»Metamorphoses «/u»«/i». Book VIII, 304.
- (Research):«b»http://fabpedigree.com/s024/f328876.htm
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Glenn Cook Family |
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