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| Name |
Hypermnestra |
| Suffix |
the Danaid |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra«/b» («u»Ancient Greek «/u»: in «u»Greek mythology «/u», was the daughter of «u»Danaus «/u». Danaus was the twin brother of «u»Aegyptus «/u» and son of «u»Belus «/u». He had fifty daughters, «u»the Danaides «/u», and Aegyptus had fifty sons. Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and Danaus fled to «u»Argos «/u», ruled by King «u»Pelasgus «/u». 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, Hypermnestra refused because her husband, «u»Lynceus «/u»,«u»[1]«/u» 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 were punished in the underworld by being forced to carry water through a jug with holes, or a sieve, so the water always leaked out. Hypermnestra, however, went straight to «u»Elysium «/u». Hypermnestra was also the daughter of «u»Thestius «/u» and «u»Eurythemis «/u». Her sisters are «u»Althaea «/u» and «u»Leda «/u». With her husband «u»Oicles «/u», she had a son named «u»Amphiaraus «/u», who later took part in the war of the «u»Seven Against Thebes «/u».
«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» William Smith, Mahmoud Saba (1857). «u»Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (volume II) <http://books.google.com/books?id=tJIfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA231&dq=Lyrcus&lr=&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1>«/u». Original from the University of Michigan: Walton and Maberly. pp. 231. «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=tJIfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA231&dq=Lyrcus&lr=&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1>«/u».
«b»Sources
«tab»«/b»Ovid, «i»Heroides«/i» xiv.
«tab»Eusebuis, «i»Chronicon«/i» 46.8-12, 47.22-23.
«tab»Orosius, «i»Historiae adversus paganos«/i» I.ii.i.
«tab»Lactantius Placidus, «i»Commentarii in Statii Thebaida«/i» II.222.
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I61425 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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26 Jul 2015 |
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