Elephantis (mythology)
In
Ancient Greek: Ἐλεφαντίδος) was one of the multiple women of Danaus, king of Libya. She became the mother of two Danaides: Hypermnestra and Gorgophone. The latter married and murdered her husband Proteus during their wedding night while Hypermnestra spared the life of her spouse Lynceus.[1] These couples then started a new line of the Argive dynasty and became the ancestors of Acrisius, Danae, Perseus, Heracles
, etc.
According to
Hippostratus, Danaus had all his progeny begotten by Europa, the daughter of the river-god Nilus.[2] In some accounts, he married Melia, daughter of his uncle Agenor, king of Tyre.[3]
Argive genealogy
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Notes
- Apollodorus, 2.1.5.
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37, p. 370–371
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica Notes on Book 3.1689
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
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