Editing Leucippe

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Leucippe''' ({{langx|grc|Λευκίππη}} means 'white horse'<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=214}}</ref>) is the name of the following individuals:

*Leucippe, one of the 3,000 [[Oceanids]], [[Naiad|water-nymph]] daughters of the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and his sister-spouse [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref name=":02" /> Leucippe, along with her sisters, was one of the companions of [[Persephone]] when the maiden was abducted by [[Hades]], the god of the [[Underworld]].<ref>''[[Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymn]] to [[Demeter]]'' 418</ref>
*Leucippe, one of the [[Minyades]], daughter of King [[Minyas (mythology)|Minyas]] of [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]].<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#10 10] as cited in [[Nicander of Sparta|Nicander's]] ''Metamorphoses''</ref>
*Leucippe, the wife of King [[Thestius]] of [[Pleuron, Aetolia|Pleuron]] and mother of [[Iphiclus (mythology)|Iphiclus]] and [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref>
*Leucippe, a queen of [[Troy]] as the wife of [[Ilus]], founder of [[Troad|Ilium]]. By him, she became the mother of [[Laomedon]]<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#250 250]</ref> and possibly, [[Themiste]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.2]</ref> [[Telecleia]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''[[Hecuba (play)|Hecuba]]'' 3</ref> and [[Tithonus]]. In some accounts, the wife of Ilus was called [[Eurydice of Troy|Eurydice]], daughter of [[Adrastus (mythology)|Adrastus]] or [[Batea (daughter of Teucer)|Batia]], daughter of [[Teucer]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3] & f.n. 7 which disregard the connection stating that ''"if the family tree recorded by Apollodorus is correct, Batia could hardly have been the wife of Ilus, since she was his great-grandmother"''</ref>
*Leucippe, another Trojan queen as the wife of King [[Laomedon of Troy|Laomedon]].<ref name=":0">Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#hypo1 prologue] & [https://topostext.org/work/860#18 18]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} According to the mythographer [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], she and Laomedon had five sons, Tithonus, [[Lampus]], [[Clytius]], [[Hicetaon]], and [[Priam]],<ref name=":0" /> and three daughters, [[Hesione]], [[Cilla (mythology)|Cilla]] and [[Astyoche]]. Otherwise the wife of Laomedon was identified as [[Laomedon|Strymo]], daughter of [[Scamander]] or [[Placia]], daughter of [[Otreus]]<ref>Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.12.3 3.12.3]</ref> or [[Zeuxippe]].<ref>as cited in Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3, f.n. 8] & Scholiast on Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.250 which have the authority of the poet [[Alcman]]</ref>
*Leucippe, a daughter of [[Thestor (mythology)|Thestor]] and possibly [[Polymele]],<ref>Tzetzes, ''Homeric Allegories'' Prologue, 639</ref> and thus, sister of [[Theonoe]], [[Calchas]] and [[Theoclymenus]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#128 128]</ref> She became a priestess of [[Apollo]] and went from country to country in search of her father, Thestor and sister Theonoe who was stolen by pirates.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#190 190]</ref>
*Leucippe, mother of Egyptian king, Aegyptus by [[Hephaestus]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0094.tlg001.perseus-eng1:16 16].</ref>
*Leucippe, mother of [[Teuthras]] the [[Mysia]]n king. Her son killed a sacred boar of [[Artemis]] during hunt and was driven mad by the angry goddess. Lysippe then went out in the woods, seeking to find out what had happened to her son. Eventually she learned about the goddess' wrath from the seer [[Polyidus]]; she then sacrificed to the goddess to propitiate her, and Teuthras' sanity was restored.<ref>Pseudo-Plutarch, ''De fluviis'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0094.tlg001.perseus-eng1:21 21.4]</ref>
*Leucippe, the wife of [[Euenor]] and mother of [[Cleito (mythology)|Cleito]] in [[Plato]]' s legend of [[Atlantis]].<ref>Plato, ''Critias'' 113d ff.</ref>
*Leucippe, the heroine of ''The Adventures of Leucippe and Cleitophon'' by [[Achilles Tatius]]

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==References==
*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 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. 1960. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Morals'' translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. [[William Watson Goodwin|William W. Goodwin]], Ph.D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400%3Achapter%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Plato]], ''[[Critias (dialogue)|Critias]]'' in ''Plato in Twelve Volumes'', Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0180%3Atext%3DCriti. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0179%3Atext%3DCriti. Greek text available at the same website.]
* [[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''De fluviis'', in ''Plutarch's morals, Volume V'', edited and translated by [[William Watson Goodwin]], Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1874. [http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0094.tlg001.perseus-eng1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Scholia]] to [[Lycophron|Lycophron's]] ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [[iarchive:lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up|Greek text available on Archive.org]]

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