Oiolyke

Oiolyke ( Greek  Οἰολύκη ), also Deilyke ( Δειλύκη ), is a figure in Greek mythology . She is the daughter of Hekatoncheiren Briareos and Kymopolea , a daughter of Poseidon .

According to a scholion to Apollonios of Rhodes , she is said to have been the owner of the belt of the Amazon queens , according to Ibykos , which Heracles had to fetch in his ninth labor, and which is otherwise attributed to Hippolyte .

swell

• Hesiod Theogony 807ff
• Stesichoros fragment 299 (Scholion to Apollonios of Rhodes Argonautika 2,777)

literature

• Ulrich Hoefer: Oiolyke . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, Col. 802-802 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Oiolyka in the Theoi Project