Perigune
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Names in other languages
- ΕλληνικάΠεριγούνη
- FrançaisPérigouné
- caPerigune
- EnglishPerigune
- ItalianoPerigune
- NederlandsPerigune
- РусскийПеригуна
- СрпскиПеригуна
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In Greek mythology, Perigune ( ) was the daughter of Sinis, the bandit killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Afterwards she bore Melanippus to Theseus. Her name is also spelled Perigoune, Perigouna or Perigone.
In Greek mythology, Perigune ( ) was the daughter of Sinis, the bandit killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Afterwards she bore Melanippus to Theseus. Her name is also spelled Perigoune, Perigouna or Perigone.
Reception
She is mentioned as Perigenia in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in an exchange between Oberon and Titania in which Oberon accuses Titania of leading Theseus astray and making him abandon the various women he had ravished.
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