Editing Lampetia

{{Short description|Daughter of Helios in Greek mythology}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lampetia''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|æ|m|ˈ|p|iː|ʃ|ə}} ({{langx|grc|Λαμπετίη|Lampetíē}} or {{langx|grc|Λαμπετία|Lampetía|shining|label=none}}) was the daughter of [[Helios]] and [[Neaera (consort of Helios)|Neaera]]. She and her sister, [[Phaethusa]], were taken by their mother to guard the cattle and sheep of [[Thrinacia]]. She told her father when [[Odysseus]]' men slaughtered and sacrificed some of his ageless and deathless cattle.<ref name=BNP>{{cite encyclopedia|entry=Lampetia|title=Brill's New Pauly|last=Waldner|first=Katharina|year=2006|doi=10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_brill001220}}</ref><ref>[[Homer]]. ''[[Odyssey]]''. Book XII, 375.</ref>  In [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses (Ovid)|Metamorphoses]]'', she is one of the [[Heliades]], daughters of Helios and [[Clymene (mother of Phaethon)|Clymene]] whose tears turn to amber as she mourns the death of her brother [[Phaethon]].<ref name=BNP/> In the ''[[Argonautica]]'' however, set explicitly after Phaethon's death, she and her sister are still tending to their father's flock.

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