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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.
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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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]
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 ...
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]
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'