Erigone (daughter of Icarius)

Erigone (Greek Ἠριγόνη ) In Greek mythology, the daughter of Ikarios.

Saga

Erigones Ikarios father was an Attic farmer. He hosted the god Dionysus, who in gratitude gave him the vine and taught him the art of winemaking. On behalf of Dionysus Ikarios broke on to spread this knowledge everywhere. Farmers who thought the novel drink because of its intoxicating effect of poison, murdered Ikarios. Erigone found with the help of her dog Maira 's body and then hanged himself from a tree. Maira waited at the point of until her death.

Then broke out in Athens from an epidemic madness that led to that young Athenian women hanged themselves. The Athenians consulted the oracle of Delphi. They received the Council, Ikarios and Erigone by yearly sacrifice to honor. Therefore, the swing festival ( Aiora ) was established.

The gods offset Ikarios, Erigone and Maira under the stars. Erigone became the constellation Virgo.

The fate of the Erigone is portrayed in a traditional only in a few fragments of the poem Eratosthenes of Cyrene from the 3rd century BC. The legend is older, but all known versions go back ultimately to that of Eratosthenes poetic look version.

Reception

Gabriele d'Annunzio recycled the fabric in his 1911 stage play premiered Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien.