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

Erigone showed that the seal was intact, and then opened the lid.

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

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)

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

"Will you wear the summer rings, mistress?" asked Erigone.

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

Similarly Procyon became Maera, the dog of Icarius, when Bo�tes became Icarius, and Virgo his daughter Erigone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various