Hypsipyle

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.18 Hypsipyle

  Queen of Lemnos, loved and deserted by Jason for Medea; a Heroides letter-writer.

• The Heroides §6 Hypsipyle

  Queen of Lemnos and granddaughter of Bacchus, who sheltered Jason and bore him twins, then was abandoned for Medea. The speaker.

• The Heroides §6 the daughter of Thoas

  Hypsipyle names herself in her closing curse, daughter of the king she saved.

• The Heroides §17 Hypsipyle

  Queen of Lemnos, abandoned by Jason; a witness Helen cites to a guest's inconstant love.

• Metamorphoses §13.405 Hypsipyle

  Queen of Lemnos, daughter of Thoas.