Leucophryne
(
Λευκοφρύνη).
1. A surname of Artemis, derived from the town of Leucophrys in Phrygia, where, as well as at Magnesia on the Maeander, she had a splendid temple. (Xenoph.
Hellen. 3.2.19;
Strab. xiv. p.647;
Tac. Ann. 3.62;
Athen. 15.683.)
The sons of Themistocles dedicated a statue to her on the Acropolis at Athens, because Themistocles had once ruled at Magnesia. (
Paus. 1.26.4;
Thuc. 1.138; Plut.
Themist. 29.)
There was also a statue of her at Amyclae, which had been dedicated by the Magnesian Bathycles. (
Paus. 3.18.6.) Her temple at Magnesia had been built by Hermogenes, who had also written a work upon it. (Vitruv. vii. Praef. 3, 1.)