Leipephilene
{{Short description|Daughter of Iolaus and Megara in Greek mythology}}
In Greek mythology, Leipephilene (Ancient Greek: Λειπεφιλήνη) was the daughter of Iolaus and Megara. She was renowned for her beauty which was compared to that of an Olympian goddess. Leipephilene married Phylas and bore two children to him, Hippotes and Thero.Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.40.5 9.40.5]–[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.40.6 6], quoting the Hesiodic Megalai Ehoiai (fr. 252 Merkelbach–West)
The name form "Leipephilene" is a corruption, and has been variously emended by some editors as "Leipephile" ({{lang|grc|Λειπεφίλη}}), "Hippophile" ({{lang|grc|Ἱπποφίλη}}) or "Deiphile" ({{lang|grc|Δηιφίλη}}). The precise original form remains unknown.Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band VA, Halbband 10, Thapsos-Thesara (1934), s. 2444, s. v. Thero
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References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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