In Greek mythology, Cercetes (Ancient Greek: Κερκέτης) was an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.
Name The form was put forward by Richard Wagner. Other spellings, which deems incorrect, include: , found in certain manuscripts; , used by Christian Gottlob Heyne; and , mentioned by Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher.RE, s.v. Kerketes.
Family In the Bibliotheca, a 1st- or 2nd-century AD mythological compendium by the mythographer Apollodorus, Cercetes is one of the sons of Aegyptus, the king of Egypt. Cercetes marries Dorion, one of the fifty Danaïdes, daughters of the Libyan king Danaus.RE, s.v. Kerketes; Apollodorus, 2.1.5.
Mythology Cercetes suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya.
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References Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Capelle, Wilhelm, "Kerketes", in Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 1, edited by Wilhelm Kroll, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1921. Wikisource.