Metalkes

Metalkes ( ancient Greek Μετάλκης Metálkēs ) is in Greek mythology one of the 50 sons of Aigyptos , the twin brother of Danaos , and is therefore one of the Aegyptiads .

According to the poorly preserved, incomplete list of 47 of 50 Danaid pairings in the fabulae of Hyginus Mythographus , he was killed by his wife Cleopatra on their wedding night . Cleopatra (Cleopatra) is married to Agenor in the library of Apollodorus . The library has a similar-sounding name, Menalkes , which is , however, associated with Danaide Adyte as wife.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Metalkes . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2846 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.
2. ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.
3. ↑ Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Metalkes . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2846 ( digitized version ).