Herse

For the funeral vehicle, see Hearse. For the moon of Jupiter, see Herse (moon).

In Greek mythology, Herse (Ancient Greek: 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]

Notes

1. Alcman, fr. 57
2. Pausanias, 1.2.6.
3. Apollodorus, 2.1.5
4. Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37 p. 370-371
5. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Notes on Book 3.1689

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. 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.
• 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