Damno (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Damno (Ancient Greek: Δαμνὼ) was an Egyptian princess as the daughter of King Belus of Egypt.
Mythology
Damno married her paternal uncle, Agenor, and by him, became the mother of Isaia and Melia. Later on, these two women married their cousins, Aegyptus and Danaus (brothers of Damno), respectively.Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes, fr. 21 Fowler (2001), p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186
In other accounts, the wife of Agenor was variously given as Telephassa,Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.1.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Agenor 3.1.1] Argiope,Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#6 6] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#178 178]; Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes fr. 21 Fowler 2000, p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186 Antiope,Scholiast ad Euripides, Phoenissae 5; Tzetzes, Chiliades [https://topostext.org/work/617#7.159 7.165–166] or Tyro.{{cite journal |last=Gomme |first=A. W. |year=1913 |title=The Legend of Cadmus and the Logographoi |journal=JHS |page=70}}
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