Leukippos (son of Oinomaos)

Leukippos ( ancient Greek Λεύκιππος ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He is the son of Oinomaos and in love with the nymph Daphne , the virgin huntress. Since Daphne avoids dealing with men, he grows his hair and disguises himself as a woman. He joins her female entourage to hunt in the mountains with them. The god Apollon , who is also in love with Daphne, gives the hunting party the idea to take a bath in the Ladon River . When Leucippus refuses to undress, his companions forcibly strip him. After realizing that Leucippus is a man, they killed him with their spears.

swell

• Parthenios of Nicaea 15.
• Pausanias 8, 20, 2.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Leukippos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, Sp. 1997 ( digitized version ).