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Lynceus was a descendant of Belus through Aegyptus, twin brother of Danaus, who had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and Aegyptus had fifty sons (including Lynceus). Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and Danaus fled to Argos, ruled by King Pelasgus with his daughters. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them to spare the Argives the pain of a battle. However, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra refused because her husband, Lynceus, honored her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angry with his disobedient daughter and threw her to the Argive courts. Aphrodite intervened and saved her. Lynceus later killed Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers. Lynceus and Hypermnestra then began a dynasty of Argive kings (the Danaan Dynasty) beginning with Abas. In some versions of the legend, the Danaides were punished in the underworld by being forced to carry water through a jug with holes, or a sieve, so the water always leaked out.
Another Lynceus was the jealous murderer of Castor, along with his brother, Idas. Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because they all (along with Polydeuces) sought Phoebe and Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus (who was also Idas and Lynceus' uncle in some versions). Lynceus was one of the ArgonautsIn Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. They sailed the ship the Argo hence their name, which literally means "Sailors of the Argo". and he participated in the hunt for the Calydonian BoarAshmolean Museum, Oxford) The Calydonian Boar is one of the many monsters in Greek mythology, which met its end in the Calydonian Hunt a popular subject in classical art. King Oeneus of Calydon, an ancient city of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of. He was a son of AphareusIn Greek mythology, Aphareus son of Gorgophone and Perieres, was the husband of Arene and father of Lynceus and Idas. Greek mythological people. and Arene and was said to have excellent sight, even able to see underground.
ApollodorusApollodorus was a popular name in the ancient world. Apollodorus an Athenian painter, flourished at the end of the 5th century B. He is said to have introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro. Apollodorus of Athens, an Athenian grammaria, BibliothekeThe Bibliotheke was renowned as the chief work of Apollodorus of Athens, a 2nd-century B. Greek historian and scholar. The title means Library and is the single most valuable source on Greek mythology. However, the text itself dates back to the century be I, viii, 2 and ix, 16; III, x, 3 and ix,2; Apollonius Rhodius, ArgonauticaArgonautica is an epic poem by Apollonius of Rhodes, a Greek author of 3rd century BC, and his most famous work. It describes the saga of Jason and the Argonauts, sailing the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece. The story is described here. External I, 151-55; OvidFor other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. Ovid wrote in elegiac couplets, with, Metamorphoses VIII, 304. Argonauts Greek mythological people