Hypsipyle

Queen of Lemnos.

Genealogy

Thoas

Euneus, Nebrophonus

Places
  1. Lemnos
  2. Nemea
Events
  1. The Argonauts go to Lemnos
  2. Hypsipyle saves her father from the mass murder of the Lemnian men
  3. The Argonauts have sex with the Lemnian women
  4. Hypsipyle gives birth to Jason’s children
  5. Hypsipyle leads the Seven against Thebes to a spring
  6. Hypsiple leaves the infant Opheltes unattended
  7. Lemnian women kill Thoas and sell Hypsipyle into slavery
  8. Hypsipyle becomes servant of Lycurgus
  9. Opheltes is killed by a serpent while Hypsipyle is out
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.17
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.4
  3. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 464
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