EVADNE


Meaning of EVADNE in English

[Greek] The daughter of Poseidon and mother by Apollo of Iamus, whom she exposed out of shame. The daughter of Iphis and wife of Capaneus. When Capaneus was killed at the siege of Thebes -- he was struck by a lightning bolt -- she threw herself on his funeral pyre and perished 1.

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