Eurydice (daughter of Danaos)

In Greek mythology, Eurydice was a Danaid , one of the 50 daughters of Danaos . Her mother was the naiad Polyxo . According to the library of Apollodorus , she was married to Dryas by the 50 sons of Aegyptus , but according to Hyginus Mythographus , Kanthos. Like all of her sisters except Hypermestra , she killed her husband on their wedding night.

literature

• Otto Kern : Eurydice 12). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1326.

Remarks

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 1, 5, 7.
2. ^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 170.