Gorgophone (Perseid / Danaid)

The name Gorgophone appears in classical mythic genealogies applying to two distinct mortal women. In the Perseid lineage she is recorded as a daughter of Perseus and Andromeda and thereby part of the Perseid family‑cycle; some sources record her as holding queenship roles in Messenia and Sparta and as ancestress in dynastic successions (for example connections to Icarius and later descent to Penelope are preserved in genealogical compilations). Separately, Gorgophone is listed among the fifty Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus, said to have married sons of King Aegyptus; by the Danaid tradition she married Proteus (a son of Aegyptus) and, obeying Danaus's command, murdered him on their wedding night. These appearances are narrative/genealogical and represent two different bearers of the same name rather than a single recurring supernatural entity.

Extant sources do not provide physical descriptions or iconography for either bearer of the name. Gorgophone appears in literary and genealogical lists and narrative summaries rather than in detailed visual or iconographic traditions; consequently no consistent depiction or set of attributes is attested in the cited material.

No supernatural powers or magical abilities are ascribed to Gorgophone in the provided sources. The Perseid Gorgophone's 'abilities' are social and dynastic: she functions as queen and ancestress within heroic genealogies, a node for explaining royal succession and kinship ties. The Danaid Gorgophone's recorded behaviour is the human act of murdering her husband Proteus on their wedding night in obedience to her father Danaus—an action situated within the Danaid myth concerning forced marriages and filial obedience.