Enkelados (son of Aegyptus)
Enkelados ( ancient Greek Ἐγκέλαδος Enkélados ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptos , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was Argyphie , with whom Aigyptus had five other sons: Lynkeus , Proteus , Busiris , Lykos and Daiphron .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptos with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned Amymone , the daughter of Europe , as wife. Like his other brothers with the exception of Lynkeus, he was killed by his wife on their wedding night. In Hyginus Mythographus , the Danaide he married is called Trite .
literature
- Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Enkelados 3. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 2579 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.