Mestra
Sign in to saveright|thumb|240px|Erysichthon sells his daughter Mestra. An engraving from among Johann Wilhelm Baur's illustrations of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poseidon can be seen in the lower-left background. In Greek mythology, Mestra (, Mēstra) was a daughter of Erysichthon of Thessaly. Antoninus Liberalis called her Hypermestra and Erysichthon Aethon. According to Ovid, she was married to the thief Autolycus.
Article
4 sectionsContents
- Mythology
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
right|thumb|240px|Erysichthon sells his daughter Mestra. An engraving from among Johann Wilhelm Baur's illustrations of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poseidon can be seen in the lower-left background. In Greek mythology, Mestra (, Mēstra) was a daughter of Erysichthon of Thessaly. Antoninus Liberalis called her Hypermestra and Erysichthon Aethon. According to Ovid, she was married to the thief Autolycus.
== Mythology == According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Erysichthon had angered Demeter by violating one of her sacred groves, and he was cursed with insatiable hunger. Having exhausted all his wealth on food, he sells his daughter Mestra into slavery.