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Text 'XIR33380 Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 222x210 cm; Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany; (add.info.: l'enlevement des filles de Leucippe; abducted from their wedding ceremony;); Giraudon; Flemish, out of copyright'
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.
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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]
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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 Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is an oil painting on canvas completed by Peter Paul Rubens in 1618 and presently in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. It depicts a Greek myth in which the mortal Castor and the immortal Pollux abduct Phoebe and Hilaeira , daughters of Leucippus .