Amymone

Poseidon and Amymone, House of Dionysus, Paphos (Cyprus), 4th century AD

Amymone ( Greek Ἀμυμώνη "flawless, excellent, excellent") is a Danaid in Greek mythology , one of the 50 daughters of Danaos - the king of Libya and later of Argos - and one of the four daughters of Danaos with Europe (named Automate, Amymone, Agaue and Skaia).

Since there was a great drought in the country - the river gods of Argolida had decided that the land should belong to Hera , whereupon Poseidon angrily let all springs dry up - Danaos sent his daughters out to change Poseidon by all means. Amymone was attacked on this search by a satyr who wanted to rape her. She called for help from Poseidon, who threw his trident at the satyr, but missed him. Yet it was now Poseidon who made the Danaide his lover. According to Robert von Ranke-Graves , she was happy to be able to do her job in such a pleasant way. Because at the place where the trident got stuck in a rock, the source of the river Lerna now rises from three jets of water .

Amymone's son from this relationship with Poseidon was Nauplios , the famous sailor.

The source was named Amymone . This is also where the Hydra was later born .

literature

• Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Amymone 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2002 f.
• Michael Grant , John Hazel: Lexicon of ancient myths and figures . dtv , Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-03181-6 (Original title: Who is Who in Classical Mythology . Translated by Holger Fließbach, Caroline Creutzer, new ISBN 3-423-32508-9 ).
• Karl Kerényi : The Heroes Stories . In: Mythology of the Greeks . tape 2 . dtv, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-423-30031-0 .
• Robert von Ranke-Graves : Greek Mythology . In: Rowohlt's Encyclopedia . No. 404 . Rowohlt- Taschenbuch, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-499-55404-6 (Original title: The Greek Myths . Translated by Hugo Seinfeld, Boris von Borresholm).

Web links

• PW Hartmann: Amymone - daughter of Europa and King Danaos. In: “The large art dictionary ” at BeyArs.com . Retrieved December 7, 2009 . 
• Amymone and Poseidon. For a continuous narrative style on Roman mosaics