Bebryke

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Bebryke ( Greek  Βεβρύκη ) or Bryke ( Βρύκη ) is in Greek mythology an eponymous heroine and Danaide .

In the library of Apollodorus , Bryke is the daughter of Danaos and the Naiad Polyxo . She is the bride of the Aegyptid Chthonios , whom she murdered on their wedding night.

With Stephanos of Byzantium , Bebryke is the namesake of the Bithynian tribe of the Bebrykers . Eustathios of Thessalonike calls this Bebryke daughter of Danaos and bride of Hippolytos , whom she did not murder, but with whom she fled to Bithynia. There she taught the barbarians Egyptian wisdom, which gave her great prestige.

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  1. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 1, 5.
  2. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Βεβρύκων ἔθνη
  3. Eustathios of Thessalonike Commentary on Dionysius of Alexandria 805.