Erato (daughter of Danaos)
Erato ( ancient Greek Ἐρατώ Eratṓ ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , and the naiad Polyxo . She is therefore one of the Danaids .
At the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aegyptus , at which lot decided on the pairing, she was assigned, according to the library of Apollodor Bromios , the son of the naiad Kaliadne , as husband, while with Hyginus Mythographus , who she Erate calls Eudaemon her husband. Like most of her sisters, she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Hermann Steuding : Erate . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1295 ( digitized version ).
- Jakob Escher-Bürkli : Erato 6. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 355.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Libraries of Apollodor 2, 1, 5.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.