Glaukippe
Glaukippe ( ancient Greek Γλαυκίππη ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , and the naiad Polyxo . She is therefore one of the Danaids .
According to the library of Apollodor Potamon , the son of the naiad Kaliadne , she was assigned as husband at the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aegyptus , at which lot decided on the pairing , while with Hyginus Mythographus Niauios her husband was assigned has been. Like most of her sisters, she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Glaukippe . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, column 1677 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ a b Libraries of Apollodor 2, 1, 5.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.