person
Eriphyle
also: Ἐριφύλη
A woman who took a precious necklace as the price of betraying her own husband (Amphiaraus, unnamed here) to his death.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.253 Maera and Clymene and hateful Eriphyle
Eriphyle took gold to betray her husband to his death — a byword, alongside Clytemnestra, for a treacherous wife.