Chapter 6: Other Early Families
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♠ Akousilaos 2F29 FGrH – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 55, ed. F. Jacoby. 2d ed. Leiden 1957.
♠ Euripides fr 820 N² – Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, p. 628, ed. A. Nauck, 2nd ed. Leipzig 1889.
♠ Hellanikos 4F95 FGrH – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 132, ed. F. Jacoby. 2d ed. Leiden 1957.
♠ ApB 2.1.4 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
But Belus remained in Egypt, reigned over the country, and married Anchinoe, daughter of Nile, by whom he had twin sons, Egyptus and Danaus, but according to Euripides, he had also Cepheus and Phineus. Greek Text
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♠ Euripides fr 821 N² – Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, p. 628, ed. A. Nauck, 2nd ed. Leipzig 1889.
♠ Σ A: Hik 318 – Scholia to Aischylos, Hiketides (Suppliants) – Scholia Graeca in Aeschylum quae extant omnia 1, p. 72, ed. O.L. Smith. Leipzig 1976.
<what…other> Euripides says that the children of Belos are Aigyptos, Danaos, Phoenix, Phineus, and Agenor. (Transl. Elena Bianchelli)
♠ Hes fr 135 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Fragmenta Hesiodea, pp. 65-66, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
P. Cair. 45624, ed. Edgar
. . . Abas; and he be[got a son,] Akrisios. . . . [Pe]rseus, whom . . . [in a che]st into the sea . . . [b]rought up for Zeus . . . gold [5] . . . dear Perseus . . . [and from him and] Andromeda [daughter of] Kepheus [were born Alkaios] and [S]thenelos and the force [of Elektryon] . . . by the cattle [10] . . . for [the Te]leboai . . . [A]mphitryon (Transl. Silvio Curtis)
♠ Hdt 7.61 – Herodotos, Historiae
When Perseus son of Danae and Zeus had come to Cepheus son of Belus and married his daughter Andromeda, a son was born to him whom he called Perses. Greek Text
♠ Astr 2.9 – Hyginus, De Astronomia
CEPHEUS: Euripides and the rest have shown that he was the son of Phoenix, king of the Ethiopians, and father of Andromeda, the girl exposed to the sea-monster, according to the well-known tale. Latin Text
♠ Sophokles, Andromeda p. 156 R – Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta vol. 4, ed. S. L. Radt. Göttingen 1977.
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Edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, January 2024.
