Erigone

American  

[ih-rig-uh-nee] / ɪˈrɪg əˌni /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.

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Example Sentences

The spider, it appears, is an "undescribed species of Erigone," and the larvæ are probably lepidopterous.

From The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Rosse, Irving C. (Irving Collins)

Erigone handed to her rings, earrings, and bracelet.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix

Erigone," she said, putting the tablets in the girl's hand, "I am about to ask of you a very brave thing.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

Icarius was changed into the star Bootes, Erigone took the sign of the Virgin, and Mera that of the Dog-star.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

There are traces in Greek mythology of pre-Hellenic myths about dying harvest deities, like Hyakinthos and Erigone, for instance, who appear to have been mourned for.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander