Galaxy/The codex of Dorium

One of the fifty daughters of Danaus — by lot the bride of Cercetes son of Egyptus when the sons of Aegyptus married the Danaids at Argos.1

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Apollodorus allots Dorium to Cercetes among the seven sons of Egyptus begotten on a Phoenician woman — one of the pairings named before the mass slaughter of the wedding night. Hyginus lists her among the brides who killed their husbands in the wedding catalogue.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Dorium — art, artifacts and echoes.

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