Erigone

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ērĭgŏne, ēs, f., = Ἠριγόνη.

I The daughter of Icarius , who hung herself through grief for her father's death , and was rewarded for it by being translated to the sky as the constellation Virgo, Hyg. Fab. 130; 254; Verg. G. 1, 33 Serv.; Ov. M. 6, 125.

II —Hence, Ērĭgŏnēĭus , a, um, adj.: Canis, i. e. Maera , the hound of Icarius , who was placed along with her in the sky , Ov. F. 5, 723; for which: Canis Erigones, Col. 10, 400.—

II Daughter of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra , Hyg. Fab. 122; Dict. Cret. 6, 2, 4.—

III Astraea, Mart. Cap. 2, § 174.

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