Nelo (daughter of Danaos)
Nelo ( ancient Greek Νηλώ Nēlṓ ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , from an Ethiopian mother. 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, her husband was assigned to Menemachus , the son of a Phoenician mother. Like all of her sisters with the exception of the Hypermestra , she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Nelo . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 113 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.