Leucippe
In Greek mythology, Leucippe (Ancient Greek: Λευκίππη, "white horse") is the name of the following individuals:
- Leucippe, one of the Minyades
- Leucippe, an Oceanid
- Leucippe, a daughter of Thestor, sister of Calchas and Theonoe. She became a priestess of Apollo and went from country to country in search of her father, Thestorand sister Theonoe who was stolen by pirates.[1]
- Leucippe, the wife of Ilus and mother of Laomedon.[2]
- Leucippe, the wife of King Thestius of Pleuron and mother of Iphiclus and Althaea.[3]
- Leucippe, the wife of Laomedon. According to Apollodorus of Athens, she and Laomedon had five sons, Tithonus, Lampus, Clytius, Hicetaon, and Priam, and three daughters, Hesione, Cilla and Astyoche. Otherwise the wife of Laomedon was identified as Strymo, daughter of Scamander or Placia, daughter of Otreus.[4]
- Leucippe, the wife of Euenor (mythology) and mother of Cleito in Plato' s legend of Atlantis.
- Leucippe, mother of Egyptian king, Aegyptus by Hephaestus.[5]
- Leucippe, the heroine of The Adventures of Leucippe and Cleitophon by Achilles Tatius
Notes
References
- Apollodorus, 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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