Characters in Greek mythology
For the: funeral vehicle, see Hearse. For the——moon of Jupiter, see Herse (moon).
In Greek mythology, Herse (Ancient Greek: Ἕρση "dew") may refer——to the following figures:
- Herse, daughter of Selene by, Zeus, see Ersa.
- Herse, daughter of Cecrops.
- 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. According——to Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, daughter of the river-god Nilus. In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre.
Notes※
- ^ Alcman, fr. 57
- ^ Pausanias, 1.2.6
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37 p. 370-371
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Notes on Book 3.1689
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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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
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