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She united the girl to Leucippus, and they consorted for a while. But the girl was already betrothed to another man, to whom someone reported the matter. The groom went on to inform Xanthius, without telling him the name of the seducer. Xanthius went straight to his daughter's chamber, where she was together with Leucippus right at the moment.
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).
Deep and Inspirational Love Quotes. 74. "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." — The Fault in Our Stars. 75. "Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide."
In a Christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3] Agape is also used to refer to a love feast. [4] The Christian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas described agape as "to will the good of another". [5] Eros (ἔρως, érōs) means "love, mostly of the sexual ...
Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [a] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Leucippus, a Lesbian prince and one of the sons of King Macareus, and the leader of a colony at Rhodes [18] Leucippus, son of Naxos, the eponym of Naxos, and king of the island. His son was Smerdius. [19] Leucippus, a Cyrenean prince as son of King Eurypylus of Cyrene and Sterope, daughter of Helios. He was the brother of Lycaon. [20]
The last words attributed to Archimedes (paraphrased from Valerius Maximus' Memorable Doings and Sayings). During the raid of Syracuse by the Romans, Archimedes was busy drawing mathematical circles. He was eventually attacked and killed by a Roman soldier as he was too engrossed in thought to obey the soldier's orders.
Himeros (desire) and Philotes (affection) were bestowed upon the world by Aphrodite initiating sexual encounter; [4] they spoke words of love and winning talk that affected the minds and hearts of mortals and gods alike. [5] Himeros is closely associated with Pothos, the personification of passionate longing.