Stygne
Stygne ( ancient Greek Στύγνη Stýgnē ) is in Greek mythology a daughter of Danaos , the king of Libya , and the naiad Polyxo . 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, their polyctor , the son of the naiad Kaliadne , was assigned as husband. Like most of her sisters, she killed her husband on their wedding night.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Stygne . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, column 1563 ( digitized version ).
- Gustav Türk : Stygne. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 426.
Remarks
- ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 1, 5.