Iphimedusa
Iphimedusa ( ancient Greek Ἰφιμέδουσα Iphimédusa ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya . She is therefore one of the Danaids . Her mother was either Atlanteie or Phoibe , both hamadryads , with whom Danaos had nine other daughters.
At the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aigyptus , at which lot decided on the pairing, their Euchenor , the son of an Arab mother, was assigned as husband. Like all of her sisters with the exception of the Hypermestra , she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Iphimedusa . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 309 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.