Phoebe was the daughter of
Leucippus and
Philodice, daughter of
Inachus.[1] She and her sister
Hilaera are commonly referred to as Leucippides (that is, "daughters of Leucippus").[2] In another account, they were the daughters of Apollo.[3] Phoebe married
Pollux[4] and bore him a son, named either
Mnesileos[5] or
Mnasinous.[6]
Mythology
Phoebe and Hilaera were priestesses of
Athena and
Artemis, and betrothed to
Idas and
Lynceus, the sons of
Aphareus.
Castor and
Pollux were charmed by their beauty and carried them off.[7] When Idas and Lynceus tried to rescue their brides-to-be they were both slain, but Castor himself fell.[8] Pollux persuaded
Zeus to allow him to share his immortality with his brother.[9]
Theocritus, Idylls from The Greek Bucolic Poets translated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Univserity Press. 1912.
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