Antigone (daughter of Eurytion)

Antigone ( Greek  Ἀντιγόνη ) from Phthia was in Greek mythology the daughter of Eurytion , the king of Phthia .

When Peleus was exiled for killing his half-brother Phokos , he came to Eurytion and received Antigone as his wife and a third of the land. They had a daughter, Polydora . However, while hunting for the Calydonian boar , Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion with his spear. Therefore he fled a second time and came to Akastos of Iolkos . Astydameia , Akastus's wife, wanted to seduce Peleus. Since he showed no interest, however, she sent a message to Antigone, in which she stated that Peleus wanted to marry Sterope , the daughter of Akastus. When Antigone got the news, she hanged herself.

swell

• Libraries of Apollodorus , 3, 161-166.

literature

• Erich Bethe : Antigone 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2401.