Eriphyle

Eriphyle receives the Harmonia collar from Polyneikes . Attic red-figure oinochoe , approx. 450–440 BC Chr.

Eriphyle ( ancient Greek Ἐριφύλη Eriphýlē ) is in Greek mythology the daughter of Talaos and Lysimache and the wife of the seer Amphiaraos . She becomes the mother of two sons, Alkmaion and Amphilochus , and two daughters, Demonassa and Eurydice .

Eriphyle persuaded her husband to take part in the march of the Seven against Thebes led by her brother Adrastus , after she had been bribed by Polynices with the necklace of Harmonia . Amphiaraos was killed in this campaign. After her son Alkmaion found out that his father had participated in the battle because of Eriphyle, he killed her.

literature

• Karl Kerényi : The mythology of the Greeks - The stories of gods and mankind , dtv, Munich 1994. ISBN 3-423-30030-2
• Michael Grant and John Hazel: Lexicon of Ancient Myths and Figures . dtv, Munich 2004. ISBN 3-423-32508-9
• Robert von Ranke-Graves : Greek Mythology - Sources and Interpretation . rororo, Hamburg 2001. ISBN 3-499-55404-6