Peirene (daughter of Danaos)
Peirene ( ancient Greek Πειρήνη Peirḗnē ) 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, she was assigned to Agaptolemus , the son of a Phoenician mother, as her husband. Like all of her sisters with the exception of the Hypermestra , she killed her husband on their wedding night. In the tradition of the Hyginus Mythographus , she was married to Dolichos .
literature
- Johannes Ilberg : Peirene 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 1757 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 2,1,5.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.