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👤 Dirce (w. of Lycos)

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  • Information
    wife of Lycos, punished by Amphion and Zethos
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q850192
    PALP
    http://palp.art/browse/dirce
    LIMC headword
    Dirke
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/zLdQTEw6SbymQg_sIjVo5QY
    Gender
    Female
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Wife of
    👤 Lycos (Theban I) steward of Thebes, uncle of Antiope
    Eponym of
    🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes
    Dies at
    🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) at Thebes🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) mountain on Boiotia-Attica border
    Killed by
    👤 Zethos son of Antiope, brother of Amphion👤 Amphion (Theban) son of Zeus and Antiope, husband of Niobe👤 the Bull of Dirce used to kill Dirce
    Related entities
    👤 Lycos (Theban I) steward of Thebes, uncle of Antiope👤 Antiope (Theban) daughter of Nycteus, mother of Zethos and Amphion🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Amphion (Theban) son of Zeus and Antiope, husband of Niobe👤 Zethos son of Antiope, brother of Amphion🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes👤 the Bull of Dirce used to kill Dirce👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god⏳ Dionysos' time on earth👤 Hermes Olympian god🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) at Thebes🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) mountain on Boiotia-Attica border
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📖 Pausanias 9.17.4-9.17.7📖 Pausanias 9.25.3📖 Lucian, Lucius, or the Ass 23📖 Vergil, Eclogues 2📖 Pliny, Natural History 36.33
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasLucian, Lucius, or the AssVergil, EcloguesPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🎨 Sicilian Red-Figure Calyx Krater by the Dirce Painter (SMB F 3296; LIMC Antiope I 6)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Menandro I 10, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p4-space-15)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Granduca VII 4, 56, Pompeii (MANN 9042; PALP r7-i4-p56-space-11)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali I 9, 5, Pompeii (PALP r1-i9-p5-space-11)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Polibio IX 13, 1-3, Pompeii (PALP r9-i13-p1-space-ee)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-n)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa delle Quadrighe VII 2, 25, Pompeii (PALP r7-i2-p25)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Marinaio VII 15, 2, Pompeii (MANN 111479; PALP r7-i15-p2-space-zprime)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling VIII 4, 34, Pompeii (PALP r8-i4-p34-space-4)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico IV, 1-2 Room 9, Herculaneum (LIMC Dirke 18)🎨 Marble Sculptural Group from the Baths of Caracalla, Rome (MANN 6002)🎨 Wall Painting from House of Argos II 2, Herculaneum (LIMC Dirke 17)🎨 Wall Paintings from the Tomb of the Veteran Gaius Ammonis (N173), North Necropolis, Cyrene (In Situ)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statue Group of Dirce by Apollonios and Tauriscos (LIMC Dirke 1)
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