Hypermnestra

Role: daughter of Danaus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 19

Life events

Hypermnestra was acquitted after Danaus brought her to trial.(Book 2 · Chapter 19)
- With: Danaus
- “And, being acquitted by the Argives, she erected as a votive offering in this temple a statue of Victorious Aphrodite.”
Hypermnestra was put on trial by Danaus.(Book 2 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Judgement Hall)
- With: Danaus
- “because they say that Hypermnestra was put upon her trial there by Danaus.”
Lynceus escaped to safety while Hypermnestra signaled that she was safe.(Book 2 · Chapter 25 · 📍 Lyrceia)
- With: Lynceus
- “This is the place to which Lynceus alone of all the 50 brothers is said to have escaped, and when he got there safe, he held up a lighted torch there. For it was no doubt agreed between Hypermnestra and him that he should do so as a signal, if he should escape from Danaus and get to a place of safety. And she also they say kindled another at Larissa, manifestly to show that she too was in no danger.”
The Argives commemorated their escape signals with an annual torch procession.(Book 2 · Chapter 25)
- With: Lynceus
- “And in memory of this the Argives every year have a torch procession.”
Abas founded Abæ, which was named after him.(Book 10 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Abæ)
- With: Abas (son of Lynceus) Lynceus Danaus
- “their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”

parent: Danaus (Hypermnestra is identified as one of Danaus's daughters.) “For she, the only one of his daughters who disobeyed his cruel order, was brought to trial by Danaus”
with Danaus (Danaus brought Hypermnestra to trial.) “was brought to trial by Danaus, partly because he thought his own safety compromised by that of Lynceus”
with Aphrodite (Hypermnestra dedicated a statue to Aphrodite.) “And, being acquitted by the Argives, she erected as a votive offering in this temple a statue of Victorious Aphrodite.”

with Danaus (Danaus put Hypermnestra on trial.) “because they say that Hypermnestra was put upon her trial there by Danaus”

with Lynceus (They agreed on an escape signal.) “For it was no doubt agreed between Hypermnestra and him that he should do so as a signal, if he should escape from Danaus and get to a place of safety.”

child: Abas (son of Lynceus) “The people of Abæ say they came to Phocis from Argos, and that their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”
parent: Danaus “The people of Abæ say they came to Phocis from Argos, and that their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.