Arbelos (son of Aegyptus)
Arbelos ( ancient Greek Ἄρβηλος Árbēlos ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was Hephaistine , with whom Aigyptus had five other sons: Idas , Pandion , Daïphron , Hyperbios and Hippokorystes .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, Oime , the daughter of Krino , was assigned to him as wife. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Arbelos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 470 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Tümpel : Arbelos 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 408.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.