In his Περί Τύχης Δεύτερος (On Fortune II) discourse, Greek orator, Dion Chrysostom, tells the story of a Cypriot stateswoman and lawgiver by that name. She enacted three strict laws, the first, if a woman was guilty of adultery her hair should be cut off and she should become a prostitute, the second, whoever commits suicide shall be cast out without a burial and the third law forbade the slaughter of a plough-ox with death of the perpetrator as punishment. Demonassa had three children, a daughter and two sons and each of them transgressed one of the laws their mother had enacted. Unable to live with her grief but also respecting her own laws, she leaped into molten copper [9][10]
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Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 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. ISBN0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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demonassa, genus, beetles, beetle, greek, mythology, ancient, greek, Δημώνασσα, name, attributed, five, women, mother, eurydamas, eurytion, king, phthia, irus, otherwise, eurydamas, parentage, given, ctimenus, from, dolopian, ctimene, wife, king, poeas, melibo. For the genus of beetles see Demonassa beetle In Greek mythology Demonassa or Demonassae Ancient Greek Dhmwnassa was a name attributed to five women Demonassa mother of Eurydamas and Eurytion king of Phthia by Irus 1 Otherwise Eurydamas parentage was given as Ctimenus from Dolopian Ctimene 2 Demonassa wife of King Poeas of Meliboea by whom she bore Philoctetes 3 Otherwise the mother of the hero was called Methone 4 Demonassa mother of Aegialeus by Adrastus 5 Demonassa daughter of Amphiaraus king of Argos and Eriphyle and thus sister to Alcmaeon Amphilochus Eurydice Alcmena 6 and Alexida 7 She married Thersander and had a son Tisamenus 8 Namesake editIn his Peri Tyxhs Deyteros On Fortune II discourse Greek orator Dion Chrysostom tells the story of a Cypriot stateswoman and lawgiver by that name She enacted three strict laws the first if a woman was guilty of adultery her hair should be cut off and she should become a prostitute the second whoever commits suicide shall be cast out without a burial and the third law forbade the slaughter of a plough ox with death of the perpetrator as punishment Demonassa had three children a daughter and two sons and each of them transgressed one of the laws their mother had enacted Unable to live with her grief but also respecting her own laws she leaped into molten copper 9 10 Notes edit Hyginus Fabulae 14 Apollonius Rhodius 1 67 Hyginus Fabulae 102 Eustathius ad Homer p 323 Hyginus Fabulae 71 Pausanias 5 17 8 Plutarch Quaestiones Graecae 23 Pausanias 9 5 15 LacusCurtius Dio Chrysostom Discourse 64 penelope uchicago edu Retrieved 2019 01 11 Dio Chrysostom Orationes p e r i t u x h s d e u t e r o s section 2 www perseus tufts edu Retrieved 2019 01 11 References editApollonius Rhodius Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton 1853 1915 R C Loeb Classical Library Volume 001 London William Heinemann Ltd 1912 Online version at the Topos Text Project Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica George W Mooney London Longmans Green 1912 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Gaius Julius Hyginus Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies Online version at the Topos Text Project Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1936 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 ISBN 0 674 99328 4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias Graeciae Descriptio 3 vols Leipzig Teubner 1903 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library nbsp nbsp This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article if one exists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Demonassa amp oldid 1172246932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
