Herse, one of the many consorts of King
Danaus of
Libya and mother of his daughters
Hippodice and
Adiante. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King
Aegyptus of
Egypt and
Hephaestine during their wedding night.[3] According to
Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman,
Europe, daughter of the
river-godNilus.[4] In some accounts, he married his cousin
Melia, daughter of
Agenor, king of
Tyre.[5]
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
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Herse, one of the many consorts of King
Danaus of
Libya and mother of his daughters
Hippodice and
Adiante. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King
Aegyptus of
Egypt and
Hephaestine during their wedding night.[3] According to
Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman,
Europe, daughter of the
river-godNilus.[4] In some accounts, he married his cousin
Melia, daughter of
Agenor, king of
Tyre.[5]
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 theoi.com
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.