Cercetes
In Greek mythology, Cercetes (Ancient Greek: Κερκέτης, romanized: Kerkētēs) was an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.
Name
The form Κερκέτης was put forward by Richard Wagner. Other spellings, which Wilhelm Capelle deems incorrect, include: κέρκηστις, found in certain manuscripts; κερκήστης, used by Christian Gottlob Heyne; and κερκέστης, mentioned by Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher.
Family
In the Bibliotheca, a 1st- or 2nd-century AD mythological compendium by the mythographer Apollodorus, Cercetes' mother was a Phoenician woman and thus, brother to Agaptolemus, Eurydamas, Aegius, Argius, Archelaus and Menemachus. He married Dorion, one of the fifty Danaïdes, daughters of the Libyan king Danaus.
Mythology
Cercetes suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya.
Notes
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.
- Capelle, Wilhelm, "Kerketes", in Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 1, edited by Wilhelm Kroll, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1921. Wikisource.
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