Hyperbios (son of Aegyptus)
Hyperbios ( ancient Greek Ὑπέρβιος Hypérbios ) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was Hephaistine , with whom Aigyptus had five other sons: Idas , Pandion , Daïphron , Arbelos and Hippokorystes .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which the lot decided on the pairing, Kelaino , the daughter of Krino , was assigned to him as wife. Like the other sons of Aegyptus with the exception of Lynkeus , he was killed by his wife on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Hyperbios 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Col. 2805 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.