Athamas (son of Aegyptus)
Athamas ( ancient Greek Ἁθάμας Athámas ) is in Greek mythology one of the 50 sons of Aigyptos , the twin brother of Danaos , and is therefore one of the Aegyptiads .
According to the traditional bad, incomplete list of 47 of 50 Danaidenpaarungen in the Fabulae of Hyginus Mythographus he was by his wife Pyrante killed on their wedding night.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Pyrante . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Sp. 3340 ( digitized version ).
- Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Athamas 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Sp. 1934.
Remarks
- ^ Bernhard Bunte : Hygini fabulae. Leipzig in 1857 suggested Acamas as a reading.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.