Harpalyce

A maiden who died because her love of Iphiclus was not returned. In commemoration of her fate, a contest in songs (ᾠδῆς ἀγών) was celebrated by maidens.

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References

Sources

  • (Aristoxenus ap. Athenaeus, xiv. p. 619.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.