Leucippus

A son of Oenomaus. According to one story, he was in love with Daphne and approached her in the disguise of a maiden and thus hunted with her. But Apollo's jealousy caused his discovery during the bath, and he was killed by the nymphs.

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References

Sources

  • Homeric Hymns. Hymn to Apollo, 212.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece viii, 20.2.
  • 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.