Lampos (son of Aegyptus)
Lampos ( ancient Greek Λάμπος Lámpos ) is one of the 50 sons of Aegyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , in Greek mythology . His mother was Gorgon , who had five other sons with Aigyptus: Periphas , Oineus , Aigyptus , Menalkes and Idmon .
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 Okypete , Pieria's daughter , 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 : Lampos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 1823 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.