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Revision as of 12:54, 3 August 2016
Automate (Danaid) and the other Danaids killing their husbands on their wedding night
Automate was the daughter of King Danaus and Europe. She took part in the mass marriage of the fifty sons of King Aegyptus. She was wed to Busiris. That night, she and fourty-eight of her fourty-nine sisters and half sisters killed (on her fathers command) her husband.
Parents
Danaus and Europe
Spouse & Lovers
Busiris
Ancient Text
"...of the rest Busiris, Enceladus, Lycus, and Daiphron obtained by lot the daughters that had been borne to Danaus by Europe, to wit, Automate, Amymone, Agave, and Scaea."