Kerketes
Kerketes ( ancient Greek Κερκέτης Kerkétēs , with different spellings in the manuscripts) is one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother came from Phenicia and had six other sons with Aigyptus: Agaptolemus , Eurydamas , Aigios , Argios , Archelaos and Menemachos .
For the mass wedding of the 50 sons of Aegyptus with the 50 daughters of Danaos, at which lot decided on the pairing, he was assigned Dorion , the daughter of an Ethiopian mother, 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 : Kerkestes . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 1166 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Capelle : Kerketes. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 292.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.