Chalkiope (daughter of Aietes)

Chalkiope or Chalciope ( Greek Χαλκιόπη ) was a princess of Greek mythology . She was the daughter of King Aietes of Colchis , sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus .

King Aietes took in Phrixus, who had fled Boeotia , and gave him his daughter Chalkiope to wife. Together they had the sons Argos , Melas , Phrontis and Kytisoros . According to Pausanias , they also had a fifth son, Presbon . A daughter named Helle is also mentioned.

literature

Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Chalkiope 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2077 f. ( Digitized version ).
Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Chalkiope 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 869 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ Apollonios Rhodios , Argonautika 2, 1147–1149. ( ancient Greek and English )
↑ Libraries of Apollodor 1, 9, 1. ( Ancient Greek and German )
↑ Pausanias 9:34, 8; 9, 37, 1 ( ancient Greek )
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron 22

[1] Apollonios Rhodios , Argonautika 2, 1147–1149. ( ancient Greek and English )

[2] Libraries of Apollodor 1, 9, 1. ( Ancient Greek and German )

[3] Pausanias 9:34, 8; 9, 37, 1 ( ancient Greek )

[4] Tzetzes on Lycophron 22