Krino (wife of Danaos)
Krino ( ancient Greek Κρινώ Krinṓ ) is in Greek mythology one of the wives of Danaos , to whom she gave birth to four daughters: Kallidike , Oime , Kelaino and Hyperippe .
After the mass wedding of the 50 daughters of Danaos with the 50 sons of Aegyptus , at which lot decided on the pairing, the daughters of the Krino also killed their husbands on the wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Krino 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 1431 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Quandt : Krino 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, Sp. 1865.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.