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Hypermnestra

Ὑπερμνήστρα

Ὑπερμνήστρα, (a daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, and the witie of Oicles, by whom she became the mother of Amphhiaraus Her tomb was shown at Argos. (Apollod. 1.7.10; Paus. 2.21.2.) One of the daughters of Danaus was likewise called Hypermnestra. [LYNCEUS.]

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.