Hyperippe (daughter of Danaos)
Hyperippe ( ancient Greek Ὑπερίππη Hyperíppē , the handwritten tradition offers Ὑπερίπτη Hyperíptē ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , and the Krino . She is therefore one of the Danaids .
At the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aegyptus , at which lot decided on the pairing, their Hippokorystes , the son of Hephaistine , was assigned as husband. Like most of her sisters, she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Hyperipte . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, column 2843 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.