Aigyptus (son of Aigyptus)
Aigyptos ( ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptos , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was Gorgon , who had five other sons with Aigyptus: Periphas , Oineus , Menalkes , Lampos and Idmon .
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 Dioxippe , Pieria's daughter , as wife. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.
literature
- Julius Adolf Bernhard : Aigyptos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 157 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Aigyptos 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 1006.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.