Protheon

Protheon ( ancient Greek Προθέων Prothéōn ) is in Greek mythology one of the 50 sons of Aigyptus , the twin brother of Danaos , and is therefore one of the Aegyptiads .

According to the poorly preserved, incomplete list of 47 of 50 Danaid matings in the fabulae of Hyginus Mythographus , he was killed by his wife Hipparete on their wedding night . Since the name represents a Hapaxlegomenon , Bernhard Bunte suggested reading Prothoon . However, this was not followed.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Protheon . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 3178 ( digitized version ).
• Viktor Gebhard : Protheon. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIII, 1, Stuttgart 1957, Col. 975.

Remarks

1. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 170.
2. ^ Bernhard Bunte: Hygini fabulae. Leipzig 1857, p. 128 on the spot.
3. ↑ Peter Kenneth Marshall (Ed.): Hygini fabulae. 2nd Edition. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2002, and Jean-Yves Boriaud (Ed.): Hygin: Fables. Les Belles Lettres, Paris 1997, on the spot.