Imbrus is presented in Greek mythic genealogies as a son of King Aegyptus. In the principal account cited he is the child of Aegyptus by the naiad Caliadne. Variant traditions recorded in the sources alternatively name his mother as Eurryroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus, or Isaie, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre. He was married to the Danaid Euippe, daughter of Danaus and the naiad Polyxo, and was killed on his wedding night when Danaus commanded his daughters to slay their husbands; this massacre spared only Lynceus among the brothers.
The available sources supply no physical description or iconography for Imbrus. He is known only through genealogical listing (parentage and siblings) and by his marital relation to Euippe; no attributes of appearance are recorded in the cited material.
No supernatural powers or special abilities are ascribed to Imbrus in the cited accounts. He is treated as an ordinary princely figure within the mythic narrative; his principal role is narrative and genealogical, principally as one of the Aegyptid princes who became victims in the Danaid wedding-night slayings.
Weaknesses
- conditionmortal vulnerability
Wards
None recorded.
Danaus
Danaus is a mythic founding-king figure in ancient Greek tradition, remembered as the eponymous ancestor of the Danaids and as a culture-hero whose migration from Egypt/Libya to Argos explains local institutions, place-names, and cultic associations in archaic and classical lore.
Lynceus
Lynceus is a recurring proper name in Greek myth borne by several distinct human figures (and once by a hound) rather than a single supernatural class. Bearers of the name appear across heroic and founding narratives — notably as a son of Aegyptus who survives the Danaid massacre and becomes king of Argos, and as Lynceus son of Aphareus, an Argonaut noted for his role as lookout of the Argo.
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- [2]Imbrus — Wikidata. Wikidata entry Q10534686: Imbrus.wiki