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The ill-fated wife of Lykus (Lycus), the king of the city of Thebes.
Dirke and her husband were responsible for the imprisonment and ill treatment of their niece, Antiope; after Antiope escaped from Lykus and Dirke, her sons, Amphion and Zethos (Zethus) avenged her by deposing Lykus and killing Dirke by tying her on the horns of a bull.
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