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Atlanteie ( ancient Greek Ἀτλαντείη Atlanteíē ) is a hamadryad in Greek mythology , one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely connected to the fate of the tree.
She is one of the wives of Danaos , with whom she had an indefinite number of his 50 daughters. An exact assignment of the daughter names - they are summarized with the daughters of the Hamadryad Phoibe - is not possible based on tradition. These are Hippodameia , Rhodia , Cleopatra , Asteria , another Hippodameia, Glauke , Hippomedusa , Gorge , Iphimedusa , Rhode , Peirene , Dorion , Phartis , Mnestra , Euippe , Anaxibia and Nelo .
literature
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Atlanteie . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 704 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Atlanteie . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2109.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.