Demarchus (son of Aegyptus)

Demarchos ( ancient Greek Δήμαρχος Dḗmarchos ) is one of the 50 sons of Aegyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology , 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 Eubule killed on their wedding night.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Demarchos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 986 ( digitized version ).
• Otto Waser : Demarchos 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Col. 2712.

Remarks

1. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.