Dryas (son of Aegyptus)

Dryas ( ancient Greek Δρύας Drýas ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was the naiad Kaliadne , with whom Aigyptos had eleven other sons: Eurylochos , Phantes , Peristhenes , Hermos , Potamon , Kisseus , Lixos , Imbros , Bromios , Polyktor and Chthonios .

For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned Eurydice , the daughter of the naiad Polyxo , as wife. According to Hyginus Mythographus , however, he married the Danaide Hecabe. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.

literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Dryas 6 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1203 ( digitized version ).
Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Dryas 4. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 1744.

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b Library of Apollodor 2,1,5.
^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 170.

[Apollodor-1] Library of Apollodor 2,1,5.

[2] Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 170.