Demonice
In Greek mythology, Demonice /ˌdɛməˈnaɪsiː/ (Ancient Greek: Δημονίκη, romanized: Dēmonī́kē) is the name of two women.
- Demonice or Demodice[1], daughter of Agenor and Epicaste, and thus sister of Porthaon and in some account, Thestius. By the god Ares, she became the mother of Evenus, Pylus, Molus and Thestius.[2] Her son's names may be intended to be eponyms, with Evenus corresponding to the river Evinos in Aetolia; Pylus to the Aetolian city of Pylene between the rivers Achelous and Evenos; and Molus to the people named Molossians from Epirus.
- Demonice, a maiden of Ephesus. Brennus, king of the Gauls who was razing Asia Minor came to Ephesus and fell in love with Demonice. She promised to yield to him, and also to betray her country, if he would give her golden bracelets and the jewels of the Gaulish women. Brennus told his soldiers to throw into her lap the gold they were wearing, and she was buried alive.[3]
References
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 146
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.7.
- ^ Pseudo-Plutarch. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories, 15.
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