Polyxo (daughter of Neilos)

Polyxo ( Greek  Πολυξώ ) is a naiad of the Nile in Greek mythology , probably daughter of the river god Neilos . She became one of the wives of Danaos and bore him twelve daughters who married twelve sons of Aegyptus . Their traditional names are: Autonoe , Theano , Elektra , Cleopatra , Eurydice , Glaukippe , Antheleia , Kleodore , Euippe , Erato , Stygne , Bryke .

Together with the other Danaids, they murdered their husbands on their wedding night .

swell

• Library of Apollodor 2,1,5

literature

• Otto Höfer : Polyxo 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2745-2747 ( digitized version ).