Herse Explained

In Greek mythology, Herse (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἕρση "dew") may refer to the following figures:

• Herse, daughter of Selene by Zeus,^[1] see Ersa.
• Herse, daughter of Cecrops.^[2]
• Herse, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Libya and mother of his daughters Hippodice and Adiante. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and Hephaestine during their wedding night.^[3] According to Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, daughter of the river-god Nilus.^[4] In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre.^[5]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theoi.com

Notes and References

1. [Alcman]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
5. [Scholia]