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  2. Leucippus (son of Xanthius) - Wikipedia

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    Leucippus excelled in strength and valour, and was thus well known among the Lycians and their neighbours as well, who were constantly plundered and mistreated by him. He incurred the wrath of the goddess Aphrodite after an unspecified offence, and so the goddess made him fall in love with his own sister (who is not named).

  3. Xanthius - Wikipedia

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    Through the wrath of Aphrodite, Leucippus fell in love with his own sister. The passion turned out too strong for him to suppress, so he addressed his mother, imploring her to help him and threatening that he would kill himself if she didn't. She united the girl to Leucippus, and they consorted for a while.

  4. Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    Aphrodite Pandemos, by contrast, is the younger of the two goddesses: the common Aphrodite, ... Leucippus fell in love with his own sister. They started a secret ...

  5. Leucippus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Leucippus of Crete, son of Lamprus and Galatea, who was born female and was magically transformed into a man by the goddess Leto. [2] [3] Leucippus (son of Thurimachus), the son of Thurimachus and king of Sicyon. [4] Leucippus (son of Xanthius), the son of Xanthius who consorted with his own sister and later with Leucophryne. [5]

  6. Talk:Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    Xanthius was a descendant of Bellerophon, and father of Leucippus and an unnamed daughter. Through the wrath of Aphrodite, Leucippus fell in love with his own sister. The passion turned out too strong for him to suppress, so he addressed his mother, imploring her to help him and threatening that he would kill himself if she didn't.

  7. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Sisters of Phaethon are Transformed into Poplars by Santi di Tito, 16th century.. In ancient Greece, the surviving Greek mythology features a wide collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. [1]

  8. Daphne - Wikipedia

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    According to him, Leucippus was a son of the prince of Pisa, whose attempts to woo her by open courtship all failed, as Daphne avoided all males. [16] Leucippus then thought of the following trick; he grew his hair and wore women's clothes, and this way managed to get close to Daphne, to whom he introduced himself as a daughter of the prince.

  9. Clytie (Oceanid) - Wikipedia

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    She is thus one of the 3,000 Oceanid nymphs, and sister to the 3,000 Potamoi (the river-gods). According to the myth, Clytie loved the sun-god Helios in vain, but he left her for another woman, the princess Leucothoe , under the influence of Aphrodite , the goddess of love.