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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Lynkeus (1)
Labdakos to Lethe Leto to Lysizonos
A son of Aegyptus and the husband of Hypermnestra.
Aegyptus tried to force the marriage of his sons to the daughters of his brother, Danaus; Danaus fled Egypt with his daughters and took refuge in Argos but, through a series of unexplained events, the girls were eventually forced into marriages with Aegyptus’ sons; Danaus was enraged and commanded his daughters to murder their husbands on their wedding night.
Lynkeus had the good fortune to marry Hypermnestra; she truly loved Lynkeus and did not resent the marriage; she defied her father and spared Lynkeus’ life; the other daughters did as their father had ordered and stabbed their husbands to death in their wedding bed; as punishment for this heinous crime, when the girls finally went to the Underworld, they were condemned to forever pour water into a leaky vessel.
His name may also be rendered as Lygkeus or Lygceus.
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