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	Human Women in Greek Myths ~ Harpalyce to Myrrha
		Hypermnestra was the only was of the 50 Danaides who didn't kill her husband (Lynceus).
		Hypermnestra (whose name means "special intent" or "excessive wooing") claimed that she couldn't kill Lynceus because she loved and respected him (because he left her virginity in tact.
		Hypermnestra was the only Danaid to escape the fate of carrying sieves of water through the Underworld in punishment for her sins.
	www.paleothea.com /HumansF-M.html (3614 words)

	Hypermnestra
		From Greek mythology, Hypermnestra was the only one of the fifty daughters of Danaus that did not kill her husband, and this is how it happened: Danaus and his fifty daughters fled in fear of his twin brother Aegyptus.
		Danaus, since he hated his brother, gave each of his daughters a pin to murder their husbands on their wedding night.
		Hypermnestra was the only one who spared her husband, Lynceus.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/hypermnestra.html (160 words)

	Hypermnestra: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Hypermnestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		Lynceus and Hypermnestra then began a dynasty of Argive kings (the Danaan Dynasty), beginning with Abas.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hy/Hypermnestra.html (198 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.09.42
		Stein starts with a detailed interpretation of Hypermnestra in Heroides 14 and then compares her with four female figures in the Metamorphoses who are also in a concrete role-conflict between two persons, either between father and lover or between siblings and one's own child: Medea (Met.
		Hypermnestra is constantly torn between her father Danaus and her lover Lynceus.
		In other words, Hypermnestra is allowed only one short elegiac night of love, such are the strict epic rules.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2004/2004-09-42.html (893 words)

	Hypermnestra -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra refused because her husband, (Click link for more info and facts about Lynceus) Lynceus, honored her wish to remain a virgin.
		Lynceus and Hypermnestra then began a dynasty of Argive kings (the Danaan Dynasty), beginning with (A fabric woven from goat and camel hair) Abas.
		Hypermnestra, however, went straight to ((Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death) Elysium.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hy/Hypermnestra.htm (368 words)

	Home Fresh : Article 'Aegyptus' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra (or Amymone, the "blameless" Danaid) refused because her husband, Lynceus, honored her wish to remain a virgin.
		The descendents of Danaus' "blameless" daughter Hypermnestra, through Danae, led to Perseus, founder of Mycenae, thus suggesting that Argos had a claim to be the metropolis, or "mother city" of Mycenae.
		Hypermnestra is also the daughter of Thestios and Eurythemis.
	www.home-fresh.net /DisplayArticle97721.html (982 words)

	The Suppliants: An introduction to the play by Aeschylus
		From the Hellenic point of view, Hypermnestra was regarded as a criminal, while the bloody deed of her sisters was extolled as an act of heroism, enjoined not only by their father, but by the gods themselves.
		According to the ancient story, she was cast by her father into prison, and subsequently brought to trial before a court with the constitution of which we are not acquainted.
		Hypermnestra was acquitted, and from her union with Lynceus sprang in course of time the demigod Herakles.
	www.theatredatabase.com /ancient/suppliants_001.html (1027 words)

	Danaus
		Danaus had an ingenious way of marrying off the rest of his daughters, by getting the suitors to run the length of a race-course, his daughters standing at the finishing line, each were chosen by the order in which the suitors finished the race.
		Lynceus, the husband of Hypermnestra returned to Argos and killed Danaus, as revenge for the deaths of his brothers.
		Later Lynceus and Hypermnestra ruled Argos and lay the foundation to the dynasty of Argive kings.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/d/danaus.html (465 words)

	DANAIDS, Greek Mythology Link.
		To punish her disobedience, Hypermnestra 1 was brought to judgment by Danaus 1, who shut her up and kept her under ward.
		Afterwards, Danaus 1 and his daughter Hypermnestra 1 were reconciled, and he united her to Lynceus 2, while giving his other daughters in marriage to the victors of an athletic contest.
		Hypermnestra 1 is the one of the DANAIDS who spared her husband Lynceus 2.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/DANAIDS.html (965 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 861 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His story is, that when the Danaides, by the desire of their father, killed their husbands in one night, Hypermnestra alone spared the life of her husband Lynceus.
		The cause of Hypermnestra sparing Lynceus is not the same in all accounts (Schol.
		Lynceus and his wife were revered at Argos as heroes, and had a common sanctuary, and their tomb was shown there not far from the altar of Zeus Phyxius (Hygin.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1969.html (720 words)

	Danaides, daughters of Danaos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All but Hypermnestra agreed, and as a result she was spared the fate her sisters suffered after their deaths.
		Danaos threw Hypermnestra in a dungeon, but later she was acquitted, and succeeded Argos to the throne, ruling for many years.
		The other daughters, afer their death, were forced to carry water and pour it into a broken cistern for all eternity.
	waltm.net /danaides.htm (237 words)

	Lynceus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra refused because her husband, Lynceus, honored her wish to remain avirgin.
		Lynceusand 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 waterthrough a jug with holes, or a sieve, so the water always leaked out.
	www.therfcc.org /lynceus-154721.html (289 words)

	The Danaids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the night Hypermnestra was supposed to kill her bridegroom Lynceus, she found she could not do it.
		When her father and sisters found out what Hypermnestra had done, they were not happy at all.
		One ends right where Hypermnestra is thrown into prison by her father.
	www.davis.k12.ut.us /ffjh/Thompson/myths/EHMYTH20/DANAIDS.HTM (386 words)

	Greek Mythology Danaide with Bowl Statue
		They did, except for one, Hypermnestra, as a result she was spared the fate her sisters suffered after their deaths.
		However, her father threw Hypermnestra in a dungeon, but later she was acquitted, and succeeded Argos to the throne, ruling for many years.
		After her sisters were put to death they were sent to the underworld and were forced to carry water and pour it into a cistern with holes in the bottom for all eternity.
	www.eleganza.com /statue-gallery/b-14-danaide-bowl-statue-mythology.html (529 words)

	Amymone -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology, Amymone (the "blameless" one) was a daughter of (Type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies) Danaus.
		As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her, perhaps, as identical to (Click link for more info and facts about Hypermnestra) Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"), also the one Danaid who did not assassinate her Egyptian husband on their wedding night, as her 49 sisters did.
		It would appear from the myth that Poseidon preceded Hera in the heartland of her cult.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Am/Amymone.htm (287 words)

	YPERMYSTRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hypermnestra was one of the fifty daughters of Danaus and married her cousin Lynceus.
		Danaus feared his brother Egyptus and ordered his daughters to slay their husbands on their wedding night.
		Hypermnestra helped Lynceus escape, and Danaus imprisoned her (Heroides XIV).
	www.columbia.edu /dlc/garland/deweever/WZ/ypermyst.htm (242 words)

	Elymnias hypermnestra undularis
		Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Pinratana,1988 : 8, pl.3, fig.4c ; pl.4, fig.4c.
		Elymnias hypermnestra violetta ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 63, col.pl.14 ; pl.81, figs.5,6.
		Elymnias hypermnestra violetta ; Osada, Uemura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.88, figs.♂,♀.
	yutaka.it-n.jp /sat/40040010.html (276 words)

	Amymone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her, perhaps, as identical to Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"), also the one Danaid who did not assassinate her Egyptian husband on their wedding night, as her 49 sisters did.
		(See the myth at the entry for Danaus.) Apollodorus, in his list of names for the Danaids, does mention both Hypermnestra and Amyome however, (Library 2.1.5)
		Poseidon, in archaic times the consort of the two goddesses Demeter and Persephone in Argos, had dried up all the region's springs after the Argolid was awarded to the protection of Hera.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amymone (308 words)

	AllRefer.com - DanaUs (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		DanaUs, forced to consent, instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on the wedding night.
		All obeyed but one; Hypermnestra spared Lynceus, who in some versions of the legend killed DanaUs and became king himself.
		For their crime the other DanaIds were condemned in Hades to the eternal task of filling a sieve with water.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Danaus.html (257 words)

	Ovid's Women
		The play is really a set of five interwoven monologues, each told from the point of view of one of the female characters from the works of Ovid, the characters in question being Medea, Hypermnestra, Helen, Dido and Penelope.
		By similar token, all of the characters are in period costume, except for Helen, who is in modern dress.
		The play is at its strongest when the stories of the women overlap, either directly (with Penelope and Dido both having to deal with the aftermath of Troy), or thematically (Hypermnestra and Penelope waiting for their husbands, Dido and Medea cursing the faithlessness of their lovers).
	www.dailyinfo.co.uk /reviews/theatre/ovidswomen2005.htm (436 words)

	Human Women in Greek Myths
		Danaus wasn't too peachy keen about this, and instructed his daughters to kill all of their husbands on their wedding nights.
		All complied except Hypermnestra, who fell in spared her suitor (Lynceus) because he didn't rape her (ah, what a world).
		so it sucked to be them - all of the Danaïdes were cursed to fetch water in sieves for all eternity (in the Underworld, of course), except Hypermnestra.
	www.paleothea.com /Humans.html (373 words)

	Elymnias
		Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria ; [BMP]: 121, pl. 14, f.
		Elymnias hypermnestra septentrionalis Zhou & Huang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 758, 375, f.
		Notes on the common palm butterfly, Elymnias hypermnestra undularis (Drury) (Satyrinae) in India J.
	www.funet.com /pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/elymnias/index.html (1035 words)

	Bibliography Subject Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Man of Law's Tale and "Philomela" follow the lady-in-distress pattern of romances and share particular similarities, like shipwrecks and separated lovers, with Greek romances.
		The heroines of the Physician's Tale and "Hypermnestra" are victimized by earthly injustice.
		The third kind of pathetic story, "Hypermnestra" and the Physician's Tale, raise questions about earthly morality.
	library.northwestu.edu /chaucer/subject.php?id=728 (137 words)

	Hypermnestra - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Hypermnestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here you will find more informations about Hypermnestra.
		If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful,
		With her husband Oikles she had a son namend Amphiareos, who later took part in the war of the Seven Against Thebes
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Hypermnestra.html (240 words)

	My Lines - Person Page 388
		the Danaid Hypermnestra of Greek Myth was the daughter of King of Argos Danaüs of Greek Myth and Elephantis of Greek Myth.
		Child of the Danaid Hypermnestra of Greek Myth and King of Argos Lynceus of Greek Myth:
		He married the Danaid Hypermnestra of Greek Myth, daughter of King of Argos Danaüs of Greek Myth and Elephantis of Greek Myth.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~cousin/html/p388.htm (3786 words)

	Greek and Roman Mythology
		Princess of Argos; mother of Perseus by Zeus, who appeared to her in form of golden shower.
		Daughters of Danaüs; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus.
		Son of Aegyptus; husband of Hypermnestra; slew Danaüs.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0197622.html (2953 words)

	Encyc - D
		They were married to the fifty sons of their uncle, Ægyptus, but each killed their husband on their wedding night, except for Hypermnestra who spared Lynceus, who then killed Danaus.
		Danaus agreed but armed each of his daughters and told them to kill their husbands.
		All did so except for Hypermnestra who spared Lynceus, who then killed Danaus.
	www.sulkyblue.co.uk /classics/encyc/d.html (1199 words)

	Elymnias hypermnestra - Life History
		COMMON Palmfly (Elymnias hypermnestra) caterpillars feed on a wide variety of palms (Palmae), including coconut and oil palm.
		hypermnestra flying in a hibiscus hedge under a coconut tree just across the road from my house.
		After this coconut tree had been chopped down, I see them less often now.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/chinfahshin/history/palmfly.html (163 words)

	Peterhouse - Architectural Tour (Hypermnestra and Phyllis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Combination Room Stained Glass -- Hypermnestra and Phyllis
		Hypermnestra and Phyllis Hypermnestra holds her dagger towards her, symbolising her refusal to murder her husband, Lynceus.
		The windows are set in tulip and daisy pattern quarries.
	www.pet.cam.ac.uk /virtualtour/arch_tour/024.html (86 words)

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