(Ἑρμιόνη; Hermiónē). Daughter of Helene and Menelaus (Hom. Od. 4,12ff.), sister of Nicostratus (Hes. fr. 175 M-W). According to one version of the myth, Menelaus promises her to Neoptolemus outside the gates of Troy (Hom. Od. 4,3ff.), in another version she is promised to Orestes before the war (Soph. Hermione TrGF 4, 192f.; Eur. Andr. 966ff.; Ov. Epist. 8, slightly different in Eur. Or. 1653ff.). Neoptolemus abducts her but is killed by Orestes (Eur. Andr. 993ff.; 1085ff.; Hyg. Fab. 122f.). Eur. Andr. makes the competi…
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Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich), “Hermione”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 24 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e510360>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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