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Hypsipyle
Queen of Lemnos


She put her father Thoas in a chest, a set him in the sea after the women of Lemnos decided to get rid of all of the men from the island.[W78]
Married Jason when he and the Argonauts arrived on Lemnos.[W78]
Sold into slavery by the women when they discovered how she had saved Thoas.[W78]
King Lycurgus of Nemea bought her, and made her a nurse for his son Opheltes.[W78]
Imprisoned after she inadvertently caused the death of Opheltes, but was later released by Dionysos.[W78]


 

 

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