Lynkeus

Japanese: Lynkeus

…But when the sons of Aegyptus pursued Danaus and demanded that he marry his daughters, Danaus was forced to agree, but gave each of his daughters a dagger and had them kill their husbands on the wedding night. In later legends, the 49 daughters, except for Hypermnestra, who was the only one who did not kill her husband, Lynceus (who later became king of Argos and became the ancestor of the hero Perseus), were punished by being filled with water in a jar with a hole in it in the underworld after death. The story of Danaus and his daughters is made famous by Aeschylus' tragedy, The Women Who Need Help. …

From [Dioskuroi]

...As for his father, it is said that he was either Zeus (the Dioscuri means "sons of Zeus") or Tyndareus, or, alternatively, that after Zeus, in the form of a swan, had intercourse with Leda, Leda also slept with her husband, and that Zeus's seed gave birth to Polydeuces and Helen, and Tyndareus's seed gave birth to Castor and Clytemnestra. After these brothers participated in the Argonaut expedition under Jason, they kidnapped two daughters who were engaged to Idas, the son of their uncle Aphareus, and to Lynceus, and then Castor was killed by Idas, the son of Idas and Lynceus, or because they fought over the division of the cattle they had stolen. Polydeuces, who was immortal at the time, was so heartbroken over the death of his brother that he begged Zeus to let him die with him, and Zeus allowed the two to live in heaven and the underworld, alternating days.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lynkeus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしアイギュプトスの息子たちが追ってきて娘たちとの結婚を迫ったため，ダナオスはやむなく同意したが，娘たちに短刀を与えて，それぞれの夫を初夜の床で殺させた。後代の伝承では，このときただひとり夫リュンケウスLynkeus(のちアルゴスの王位を継ぎ，英雄ペルセウスの祖となった)を殺さなかったヒュペルムネストラHypermnēstraを除く49人の娘は，死後，冥府で穴のあいた甕に水を満たす永劫の罰に服しているという。ダナオスとその娘たちの話は，アイスキュロスの悲劇《救いを求める女たち》によって有名。…

【ディオスクロイ】より

…父に関しては，ゼウス(ディオスクロイとは〈ゼウスの息子たち〉の意)とも，テュンダレオスとも，あるいはまた，白鳥の姿に変じたゼウスがレダと交わったあと，レダは夫とも同衾したので，ゼウスの種からはポリュデウケスとヘレネが，テュンダレオスの種からはカストルとクリュタイムネストラが生まれたともされる。この兄弟はイアソンを指揮者とするアルゴ船の遠征(アルゴナウタイ伝説)に参加したあと，叔父アファレウスAphareusの子のイダスIdasとリュンケウスLynkeus兄弟の許嫁であった2人の娘をさらったため，あるいはイダス，リュンケウス兄弟と4人で奪った牛の分配をめぐって争ったため，カストルがイダスに殺された。このとき不死身であったポリュデウケスは，兄弟の死を悲しむあまり，自分もいっしょに死なせてくれるようゼウスに懇願すると，ゼウスは2人に，1日おきに天上と冥府で暮らすことを許したという。…

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