Eulimene (daughter of Kydon)
Eulimene ( Greek Εὐλιμένη ) is a female figure in Greek mythology .
Eulimene was the daughter of King Kydon of Crete and had a secret lover named Lykastus , although she had already been promised by her father to the then famous Cretan Apteros. When several cities on the island rose against Kydon and could not be defeated, the ruler asked the oracle how he could best cope with the situation. In response to the fact that a virgin had to be sacrificed to the national heroes, he had her determined by lot, which fell on Eulimene. Lykastus wanted to prevent her sacrifice by confessing his love affair with her, but now it was decided to die. After her killing, her body was opened on her father's instructions, and it turned out that she was actually pregnant. Apteros was very angry about this and murdered Lykastus, but had to flee to Xanthos of Termera in Caria for this crime .
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Eulimene 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1401 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Waser : Eulimene 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1072.
Remarks
- ↑ Asklepiades from Myrleia, Bithyniaka , Book 1, Fragment 1 in Parthenios , Erotika pathemata 35