Hephaistine
Hephaistine ( ancient Greek Ἡφαιστίνη Hēphaistínē ) is in Greek mythology one of the wives of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos . With Aegyptus she had six sons: Idas , Pandion , Daiphron , Arbelos , Hyperbios and Hippokorystes .
After the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos , the Danaids , at which lot decided on the pairing, the sons of Hephaistine were also killed by their wives on the wedding night.
literature
- Hermann Steuding : Hephaistina . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 2036 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.