Dioxippe (daughter of Danaos)
Dioxippe ( ancient Greek Διωξίππη Diōxíppē ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , and Pieria . She is therefore one of the Danaids .
At the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aigyptos , at which lot decided on the pairing, her Aigyptos , the son of the Gorgon , was assigned as husband. Like most of her sisters, she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Dioxippe 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1178 ( digitized version ).
- Georg Knaack : Dioxippe 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Sp. 1151.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.