Leuci'ppides
(
*Leukippi/des), i. e. the daughters of the Messenian prince Leucippus. (
Eur. Hel. 1467.) Their names were Phoebe and Hilaeira, and they were priestesses of Athena and Artemis, and betrothed to Idas and Lynceus, the sons.of Aphareus; but Castor and Polydeuces being charmed with their beauty, carried them off and married them. (
Apollod. 3.12.8,
10.3;
Paus. 1.18.1.) When the sons of Aphareus attempted to rescue their beloved brides, they were both slain by the Dioscuri. (
Hyg. Fab. 80; Lactant. 1.10;
Ov. Ep. 16.327,
Fast. 5.709; Theocrit.22.137,&c.; Propert. 1.2.15,&c.)
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