Leucippus (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Leucippus (Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos, "white horse") was a name attributed to multiple characters:
- Leucippus of Messenia, father of the Phoebe, Hilaera and Arsinoe.
- Leucippus, the son of Heracles and Eurytele, daughter of Thespius.[1]
- Leucippus, a Calydonian hunter, son of Hippocoon.[2]
- Leucippus, the daughter of Lamprus and Galatea, who was turned by Leto into a son.[3][4]
- Leucippus, the son of Oenomaus and companion of Daphne, whom he was in love with and tried to approach in the disguise of a fellow nymph of hers. Because of Apollo's jealousy, his true gender was revealed by the nymphs, who killed him instantly upon discovery.[5][6]
- Leucippus, the son of Poemander who was killed accidentally by his father.[7]
- Leucippus, the son of Thurimachus and king of Sicyon.[8]
- Leucippus, the son of Xanthius who consorted with his own sister and with Leucophrye.[9]
- Leucippus, one of the sons of Macareus, and the leader of a colony at Rhodes[10]
- Leucippus, son of Naxos (the eponym of Naxos) and king of the island. His son was Smerdius.[11]
- Leucippus, son of Eurypylus and Sterope, brother of Lycaon.[12]
References
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 7. 8
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 173
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 17
- ↑ R.F. Willetts (1963). Cretan Cults and Festivals, 175.
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 20. 2
- ↑ Parthenius, Love Romances, 15
- ↑ Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, 37
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 5. 5
- ↑ Parthenius, Love Romances, 5
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 81
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 51
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 886
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