Hypsipyle

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Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hypsipyle canonical 33
Hegesipyle 1
Isifile (Hypsipyle) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological figure ⓘ
princess in Greek mythology ⓘ
queen in Greek mythology ⓘ
action hid Thoas in a chest and set him adrift from Lemnos ⓘ
secretly spared her father Thoas from death ⓘ
appearsIn Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Argonautica

Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle ⓘ
Statius’ Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
associatedRitual Nemean Games ⓘ
associatedWithGroup Lemnian women ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Lemnos ⓘ
Nemea ⓘ
children Deipylus ⓘ
Euneus ⓘ
Nebrophonus ⓘ
Thoas (son of Jason) ⓘ
childrenWithJason Deipylus ⓘ
Euneus ⓘ
Nebrophonus ⓘ
Thoas ⓘ
consequence Opheltes’ death interpreted as bad omen for the Seven against Thebes ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
enslavedBy Lycurgus of Nemea ⓘ
ethnicity Lemnian ⓘ
linked to: Lemnos
father King Thoas of Lemnos ⓘ
Thoas ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hosted Jason and the Argonauts on Lemnos ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryType tragic heroine ⓘ
lostStatus queen of Lemnos after discovery of saving Thoas ⓘ
met Jason ⓘ
the Argonauts ⓘ
linked to: Argonauts
mother Myrina ⓘ
mythicEvent Opheltes was killed by a serpent while she was away ⓘ
left Opheltes on the ground to guide the Seven against Thebes to water ⓘ
mythicRole cause of the institution of the Nemean Games in some traditions ⓘ
notableFor relationship with Jason and the Argonauts ⓘ
role in the Nemean episode with Opheltes (Archemorus) ⓘ
saving her father Thoas during the Lemnian massacre of men ⓘ
occupation nurse of Opheltes ⓘ
participatedIn myth of the Lemnian women killing their husbands ⓘ
role lover of Jason during the Argonauts’ stay on Lemnos ⓘ
soldAs slave ⓘ
spouseOrLover Jason ⓘ
theme conflict between duty and compassion ⓘ
female agency in heroic myth ⓘ
title Queen of Lemnos ⓘ
ward Archemorus ⓘ
Opheltes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason → lover → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Cimon → mother → Hegesipyle ⓘ
linked to: Hypsipyle
Heroides → mainCharacter → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Giasone → mainCharacter → Isifile (Hypsipyle) ⓘ
linked to: Hypsipyle
King Thoas of Lemnos → isFatherOf → Hypsipyle ⓘ
King Thoas of Lemnos → isSparedBy → Hypsipyle ⓘ
King Thoas of Lemnos → savedBy → Hypsipyle ⓘ
King Thoas of Lemnos → hasChild → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Queen of Lemnos → heldBy → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Queen of Lemnos → notableBearer → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Nebrophonus → mother → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Deipylus → mother → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Deipylus → associatedWith → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Thoas (son of Jason) → mother → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Jason → spouseOrLover → Hypsipyle ⓘ
subject linked to: Thoas (son of Jason)
Euneus → mother → Hypsipyle ⓘ
subject linked to: Thoas (son of Jason)
Lycurgus of Nemea → employer → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Archemorus → raisedBy → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Archemorus → underCareOf → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Archemorus → hasGuardian → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Hypsipyle (Euripides) → title → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Hypsipyle (Euripides) → mainCharacter → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Hypsipyle (Euripides) → character → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Euneus → mother → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Euneus → associatedWithHero → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Thoas → fatherOf → Hypsipyle ⓘ
Thoas → savedBy → Hypsipyle ⓘ