Editing Eriphyle (section)

==Myths==
Eriphyle, daughter of [[Talaus]], was the mother of [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]] and the wife of [[Amphiaraus]]. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the expedition of the [[Seven against Thebes]], though she knew he would die.  She had been persuaded by [[Polynices]], who offered her the [[necklace of Harmonia]] for her assistance.

Dying Amphiaraus charged his sons Alcmaeon and [[Amphilochus (brother of Alcmaeon)|Amphilochus]] with avenging his death and, after Amphiaraus died, fulfilling the prophecy, Alcmaeon killed his mother.  He was pursued by the [[Erinyes]] as he fled across Greece, eventually reaching the court of King [[Phegeus]], who gave him his daughter [[Alphesiboea of Psophis|Alphesiboea]] in marriage.  Exhausted, Alcmaeon asked an [[oracle]] how to assuage the Erinyes and was told that he needed to stop where the sun was not shining when he killed his mother.  That was at the mouth of the river [[Achelous]], which had become silted up.  Achelous, the god of that river, offered him his daughter [[Achelous|Callirrhoe]] in marriage if Alcmaeon would retrieve the necklace and clothes that Eriphyle had worn when she persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the battle.  Alcmaeon had given these jewels to Phegeus, who had his sons kill Alcmaeon when he discovered Alcmaeon's plan:  lest the curse be transmitted to a next-generation it was dedicated to Aphrodite at [[Amathus]] in Cyprus.<ref>See [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], below.</ref>

Eriphyle is seen in Hades in [[Vergil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', still bearing wounds inflicted by her son. She also plays a role in [[Statius]]'s ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'',<ref>Statius, '[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 2.265-305, 4.188-213</ref> in which her desire to attain the necklace of Harmonia is one of the catalysts for the war between Argos and Thebes. In this version of the myth, however, [[Argia]], [[Polynices]]'s wife, persuades her husband to give the necklace to Eriphyle so that Amphiaraus will join the war effort.