Alkis (son of Aegyptus)
Alkis ( ancient Greek Ἄλκις Álkis ) is one of the 50 sons of Aegyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother came from Arabia and had nine other sons with Aigyptus: Istros , Chalkodon , Agenor , Chaitos , Diokorystes , Alkmenor , Hippothoos , Euchenor and Hippolythos .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptos with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned Glauke , the daughter of either the Atlanteie or the Phoibe , as 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: Alkis . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 241 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Alkis 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1550.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.