Hilaeira
In Greek mythology, Hilaera (Ancient Greek: Ἱλάειρα; also Ilaeira) was a Messenian princess.
Family
[edit]Hilaera was a daughter of Leucippus<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 511</ref>Template:AI-generated source and Philodice, daughter of Inachus.<ref>Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology</ref> 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.<ref>Pausanias, 3.16.1 from the author of Cypria</ref> Hilaera married Castor<ref>Propertius, Elegies 1.2</ref> and bore him a son, named either Anogon<ref>Apollodorus, 3.11.2</ref> or Anaxis.<ref>Pausanias, 2.22.5</ref>
Mythology
[edit]Hilaera and Phoebe were priestesses of Artemis and Athena, and betrothed to Lynceus and Idas, the sons of Aphareus. Castor and Pollux were charmed by their beauty and carried them off.<ref>Apollodorus, 3.11.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 80</ref> When Idas and Lynceus tried to rescue their brides-to-be they were both slain, but Castor himself fell.<ref>Theocritus, Idylls 22.137 ff.; Ovid, Fasti 5.709 ff.</ref> Pollux persuaded Zeus to allow him to share his immortality with his brother.<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae 80</ref>
Cultural depictions
[edit]Hilaera and Phoebe are both portrayed in the painting The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti translated by James G. Frazer. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.
- Theocritus, Idylls from The Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. Online version at theoi.com
- Theocritus, Idylls edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.