Aigios (son of Aigyptus)
Aigios ( ancient Greek Αἴγιος Aígios ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother came from Phenicia and had six other sons with Aigyptus: Agaptolemus , Kerketes , Eurydamas , Argios , Archelaos and Menemachos .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned Mnestra , the daughter of an Ethiopian mother, as the wife. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Aigios . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 149 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Aigios 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 969.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.