Hypermnestra
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Mythological figure praised by an ancient poet for a lifesaving stratagem.
The heathen poet has given a beautiful illustration of this in his praises of Hypermnestra, whose conduct he calls “a splendid stratagem, ennobling the virgin to all posterity.
Nemean
Daughter of Danaus praised for alone sparing her husband, restraining her sword in its scabbard.
Nor did Hypermnestra go astray, when she restrained in its scabbard her sword, which was alone in its verdict.