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Cleopatra (Danaid)

one of the Danaids

Cleopatra ( Kleopatra; "Glory of the father") in Greek mythology was the name of two Danaides of altogether 50 daughters of Danaus sired with different women. Each of the two Cleopatras married – like all their sisters – one of the 50 sons of Danaus’ twin brother Aegyptus. One Cleopatra, whose mother was a hamadryad (Atlantia or Phoebe), married Agenor, and the other Cleopatra, the daughter of the naiad Polyxo, married Hermus. Like all Danaides – except Hypermnestra – both Cleopatras killed their husbands on their wedding night.

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References

  • Samson Eitrem: Kleopatra 5). In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, vol XI, 1 (1921), col. 733.

References

  1. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], ''Library'' 2.1.5.4
  2. Apollodorus, ''Library'' 2.1.5.7; but according to another tradition by [[Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus]] (''fabulae'' 170) a Danaid Cleopatra was the wife of Aegyptus’ son Menalces.
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