Kallidike (daughter of Danaos)
Kallidike ( ancient Greek Καλλιδίκη Kallidikē ) 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 Pandion , 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 : Kallidike 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 926 ( digitized ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Kallidike 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 2, Stuttgart 1919, column 1632.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.