In
Greek mythology, Elephantis (
Ancient Greek: Ἐλεφαντίδος) was one of the multiple women of
Danaus
In Greek mythology, Danaus (, ; grc, Δαναός ''Danaós'') was the king of Libya. His myth is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's ''Iliad'', "Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and " ...
, 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. These couple the started a new line of the
Argive dynasty and became the ancestors of
Acrisius,
Danae,
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...
,
Heracles, etc.
According to
Hippostratus
Hippostratus ( grc, Ἱππόστρατος, Hippostratos) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled central and north-western Punjab and Pushkalavati. Bopearachchi dates Hippostratus to 65 to 55 BCE whereas R. C. Senior suggests 60 to 50 BCE.
Rule
In B ...
, Danaus had all his progeny begotten by
Europa
Europa may refer to:
Places
* Europe
* Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace
* Europa (Seville Metro), Seville, Spain; a station on the Seville Metro
* Europa City, Paris, France; a planned development
* Europa Cliff ...
, the daughter of the river-god
Nilus. In some accounts, he married
Melia Melia or Melie ( Ancient Greek: Μελία, Μελίη) may refer to:
Greek mythology
* Melia (mythology), the name of several figures
* Melia, the singular form of Meliae, a type of nymph
People and fictional characters
* Melia (given name)
* ...
, daughter of his uncle
Agenor
Agenor (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγήνωρ or Αγήνορας ''Agēnor''; English language, English translation: "heroic, manly") was in Greek mythology and history a Phoenician monarch, king of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre or Sidon. The Dorians, Doric Gr ...
, king of
Tyre.
[ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, '' Argonautica'' Notes on Book 3.1689]
Argive genealogy
Notes
References
*
Apollodorus
Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: ...
, ''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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