Dercetis
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Dercetisis the name of anymphinGreek mythology.
Mythology
[edit]InStatius'Thebaid,she is portrayed as a sexually aggressive figure who ravishes a youth namedLapithaondespite his being too young and not mature enough for a sexual relationship. From their union is bornAlatreus,said to have later become a rival of his own father in terms of youthful good looks: the two could be easily mistaken for brothers thanks to the small age difference. The story of Dercetis, Lapithaon and Alatreus is told toAntigoneby her old tutor as she is asking him questions about participants of the war of theSeven against Thebes,Lapithaon and Alatreus being two of those.[1]Further in the poem, it is noted of Alatreus that he was still a boy at the time, but already valiant enough for his father to be proud of him.[2]
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[edit]- Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaidtranslated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaid. Vol I-II.John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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