Dirce

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5/30/2025, 10:48 PM Mike C dirce added (from user-submitted name 297796)
1/23/2024, 10:26 AM Frollein Gladys 297796
3/4/2019, 11:40 PM SeaHorse15 297796
3/3/2019, 2:03 AM SeaHorse15

Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology (Latinized), Portuguese
Scripts Δίρκη(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Latinized form of Greek Δίρκη (Dirke), possibly meaning "cleft, broken in two". In Greek mythology Dirce was the wife of the Theban king Lycus. Because she mistreated her niece Antiope, she was killed by Antiope's two sons, who had her torn apart by a bull.