Editing Busiris (mythology)

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Busiris''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Βούσιρις) was the name shared by two figures:

* Busiris, an [[Egypt|Egyptian]] prince as one of the [[Sons of Aegyptus|sons]] of King [[Aegyptus]]. He suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save [[Lynceus]], when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King [[Danaus]] of [[Ancient Libya|Libya]]. Busiris was the son of Aegyptus by [[Argyphia (mythology)|Argyphia]], a woman of royal blood and thus full brother of [[Lynceus]], [[Proteus (mythological character)|Proteus]], [[Enceladus, son of Aegyptus|Enceladus]], [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]] and [[Daiphron]].<ref name=":0">[[Pseudo-Apollodorus|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Busiris 2.1.5]</ref> In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by [[Eurryroe]], daughter of the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river-god]] [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]],<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades7.html 7.37, p. 368-369]</ref> or [[Isaie]], daughter of King [[Agenor]] of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius]], Notes on Book 3.1689</ref> Busiris married the [[Danaïdes|Danaid]] [[Automate (mythology)|Automate]], daughter of Danaus and [[Europa (Greek myth)|Europe]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>''"Clearly this former Busiris, for whom a different fate lies in store, is not to be identified with Heracles' adversary,"'' Neall Livingstone remarks (2001:86); he notes, however, that Aegyptus is the son of [[Belus (Egyptian)|Belus]], who is given the same genealogy as that which Isocrates gives Busiris: a son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Libya (mythology)|Libya]], a personification of Libya.</ref> 
* [[Busiris (king of Egypt)|Busiris]], a king of Egypt, who used to sacrifice strangers and was killed by [[Heracles]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Busiris 2.5.11]</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Book of Histories,'' Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades7.html Online version at theio.com]

[[Category:Princes in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Sons of Aegyptus]]

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