[10] phyllidis ignes Phyllis, Sithonis filia, regina Thracum fuit. haec Demophoontem, Thesei filium, regem Atheniensium, re- deuntem de Troiano proelio, dilexit et in coniugium suum rogavit. ille ait, ante se ordinaturum rem suam et sic ad eius nuptias re- versurum. profectus itaque cum tardaret, Phyllis et amoris impa- tientia et doloris impulsu, quod se spretam esse credebat, laqueo vitam finivit et conversa est in arborem amygdalum sine foliis. postea reversus Demophoon, cognita re, eius amplexus est truncum, qui velut sponsi sentiret adventum, folia emisit: unde etiam φύλλα sunt dicta a Phyllide, quae antea πέταλα dicebantur. sic Ovidius in metamorphoseon libris.
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