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Leucippus was the son of Gorgophone and Perieres, and brother of Aphareus, amongst others. He was the father of three daughters, each borne by his wife Philodice, daughter of Inachus: [1] two Leucippides (Phoebe and Hilaera), [2] and Arsinoe, mother of Asclepius [3] and Eriopis begotten by the god Apollo. [4]
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Rubens Roman sarcophagus with Castor and Pollux seizing Phoebe and Hilaeira, ca. 160 AD. In Greek mythology, Phoebe (/ ˈ f iː b i / FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was a Messenian princess.
Hilaera was a daughter of Leucippus [1] [AI-generated source?] and Philodice, daughter of Inachus. [2] She and her sister Phoebe are commonly referred to as Leucippides (that is, "daughters of Leucippus"). In another account, they were the daughters of Apollo. [3] Hilaera married Castor [4] and bore him a son, named either Anogon [5] or Anaxis. [6]
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 painting depicts the mortal Castor and the immortal Pollux abducting Phoebe and Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus of Messenia.Castor the horse-tamer is recognisable from his armour, whilst Pollux the boxer is shown with a bare and free upper body.
Leucippus's atoms come in infinitely many forms and exist in constant motion, creating a deterministic world in which everything is caused by the collisions of atoms. Leucippus described the beginning of the cosmos as a vortex of atoms that formed the Earth, the Sun, the stars, and other celestial bodies. As Leucippus considered both atoms and ...
After the death of her first husband Perieres by whom she had sons Aphareus and Leucippus, Gorgophone took Oebalus as her second spouse. With him she had a daughter, Arene . Her sons Tyndareus , Icarius , and Pisus have been named as the sons of both kings, and their parentage varies between accounts.
Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus), daughter of Leucippus. [ 2 ] Phoebe, a hamadryad who became one of King Danaus 's many wives or concubines and possible mother of some of these Danaïdes : Hippodamia, Rhodia , Cleopatra , Asteria , Glauce , Hippomedusa , Gorge , Iphimedusa and Rhode . [ 3 ]