Editing Amymone (section)

{{Short description|Danaid in Greek mythology}}
{{For|the butterfly with this name|Mestra amymone{{!}}''Mestra amymone''}}[[File:Paphos Haus des Dionysos - Poseidon und Amymone 1 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug. The [[Cupid]] above represents the erotic motive of the scene ([[Roman mosaic|Roman-era mosaic]], [[House of Dionysos]] at [[Paphos]])]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Amymone''' ({{IPAc-en||æ|m||ɪ|'|m|oʊ|n|iː}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀμυμώνη|Amymóne}}, "blameless; innocent"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tzóka |first1=Spýros |title=Στο και πέντε / «Αμυμώνη» ίσον ζωή |url=https://www.avgi.gr/arheio/114794_amymoni-ison-zoi |website=Αυγή [Dawn] |access-date=28 July 2023 |language=el |date=10 October 2014}}</ref>) was one of the 50 [[Danaïdes|Danaids]] as a daughter of [[Danaus]], king of [[Libya]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Benjamin E. |url=https://archive.org/details/centurycyclopedi09smituoft/page/52/mode/2up |title=Century Cyclopedia of Names |publisher=Century |year=1895 |volume=i |location=New York |page=53}}</ref> As the "blameless" Danaid, her name identifies her as, perhaps, identical to [[Hypermnestra]] ("great wooing" or "high marriage"): the one Danaid who did not assassinate her husband on their wedding night.