Hypermnestra

Hypermnestra was a Greek mortal.

Mythology
Hypermnestra was forced to marry her cousin, Lynceus, and her forty-nine sisters were forced to marry Lynceus' forty-nine brothers as well. Hypermnestra's father didn't want his daughters to marry their cousins so he took them to Argos, but her uncle and cousins followed. Her father told his daughters to kill their husbands to kill their husbands on their wedding night, which all of them, except Hypermnestra, did. Hypermnestra didn't kill Lynceus because he respected her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angered by her defiance and threw her in the Argive Courts, but she was rescued by Aphrodite.

After her death, Hypermnestra was sent to Elysium, but her sisters all were punished in Tartarus to fill a bottomless bathtub to wash away their sins.

Relationships

 * Parents: Danaus and Pieria
 * Spouse(s): Lynceus
 * Children with Lynceus: Abas