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Eriphyle
Sign in to saveEriphyle (; ) was a figure in Greek mythology who, in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia (also called the Necklace of Eriphyle) given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon.
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- Deity.abode
- Argos
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- Polynices Eriphyle Louvre G442.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Polynices offers Eriphyle the Necklace of Harmonia. Red-figure oenochoe by the Mannheim Painter, ca. 450–440 BC, Louvre Museum.
- Deity.member_of
- the Argive royal family
- Deity.father
- Talaus
- Deity.mother
- Lysimache
- Deity.siblings
- Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus
- Deity.spouse
- Amphiaraus
- Deity.offspring
- Alcmaeon, Amphilochus, Alcmene, Eurydice, and Demonassa
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Eriphyle (; ) was a figure in Greek mythology who, in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia (also called the Necklace of Eriphyle) given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon.
== Family == Eriphyle was the daughter of King Talaus of Argos and Lysimache, a granddaughter of Melampus. She had five brothers: Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, and Aristomachus. During a feud in Argos, Talaus was slain by the hero Amphiaraus, greatly angering Eriphyle's brother Adrastus. When Adrastus and Amphiaraus eventually reconciled, Adrastus gave him Eriphyle's hand in marriage. Together, Eriphyle and Amphiaraus had two sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus. They may have also had three daughters: Alcmene, Eurydice, and Demonassa.