Automate ( grc, Αὐτομάτη means 'acting of one's own will, of oneself') was one of the
Danaids in
Greek mythology. According to
Apollodorus of Athens and others, she killed the (mythical) Egyptian king
Busiris, who was betrothed to her. But according to the geographer
Pausanias, she was married to
Architeles Architeles ( grc, Ἀρχιτέλης) was the name of several people from ancient Greek mythology:
* Architeles, father of Eunomus, whom Heracles killed by accident on his visit to Architeles. The father forgave Heracles, but Heracles neverthel ...
, the son of
Achaeus
Achaeus is a masculine given name. It may refer to:
People
* Achaeus of Eretria (born 484 BC), tragic poet
* Achaeus of Syracuse (4th century BC), tragic poet
* Achaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator) (3rd century BC), Greek Macedonian nobleman
* Ac ...
, who emigrated from
Phthiotis in
Thessaly to
Argos with Archander.
[ Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 7.1.6]
Notes
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
* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Danaids
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Princesses in Greek mythology