Amymone
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.5|Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug. The Cupid above represents the erotic motive of the scene (Roman-era mosaic, [[House of Dionysos at Paphos)]] In Greek mythology, Amymone (; , "blameless; innocent") was one of the 50 Danaids as a daughter of Danaus, king of Libya. As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her as, perhaps, identical to Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"): the one Danaid who did not assassinate her husband on their wedding night.
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thumb|upright=1.5|Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug. The Cupid above represents the erotic motive of the scene (Roman-era mosaic, [[House of Dionysos at Paphos)]] In Greek mythology, Amymone (; , "blameless; innocent") was one of the 50 Danaids as a daughter of Danaus, king of Libya. As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her as, perhaps, identical to Hypermnestra ("great wooing" or "high marriage"): the one Danaid who did not assassinate her husband on their wedding night.
== Family == Apollodorus names Amymone as one of the four daughters of Danaus and his consort Europa, the queen of an unnamed country. Amymone's only full sisters are Automate, Agave, and Scaea. She was either the wife of Enceladus or Lynceus, both one of the 50 sons of the Egyptian king Aegyptus.