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Leucippus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Eurytele, [6] daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. [7] Leucippus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, [8] for a week [9] or in the course of 50 days [10] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. [11]
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).
name of two Attic heroes Lepreus: Λεπρεύς a grandson of Poseidon and an enemy of Heracles Lethaea: Ληθαία a woman turned into stone for her vanity Leucippus: Λεύκιππος the name of several mythological figures Leucon: Λεύκων the name of several mythological figures Leuconoe: Λευκονόη
Heracles was the greatest of Hellenic chthonic heroes, but unlike other Greek heroes, no tomb was identified as his. Heracles was both hero and god, as Pindar says heros theos ; at the same festival sacrifice was made to him, first as a hero, with a chthonic libation , and then as a god, upon an altar: thus he embodies the closest Greek ...
Leucippus was the first Western philosopher to develop the concept of atoms, but his ideas only bear a superficial resemblance to modern atomic theory. Leucippus's atoms come in infinitely many forms and exist in constant motion, creating a deterministic world in which everything is
Pages in category "Children of Heracles" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... Leucippus (mythology) Leucones; Lycurgus (mythology)
Leucippus was born to Lamprus, the son of Pandion, and Galatea, daughter of Eurytius the son of Sparton. He is notable for having undergone a magical gender transformation by the will of the goddess Leto. Due to his transition from female to male, Leucippus can be considered a transgender male figure in Greek mythology.
For the latter incident, Heracles straightway give them battle as he was very angry but was wounded in the hip-joint [8] and he stealthily retreated. Afterwards, the son of Alcmene made an expedition against Sparta enlisting the aid of King Cepheus of Arcadia and his sons, and succeeded in avenging himself on Hippocoon, and also on Dorycleus ...