Lysippe

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Lysippe is the name of two women in Greek mythology

1. Lysippe, daughter of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Erasippus. [1]

2. Lysippe, the daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea. Along with her sisters, Iphinoe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa, she was driven mad, believing herself to be cow. This was either because they would not receive the rites of Dionysus, or they scorned the divinity of Hera. They also lost their beauty: they were afflicted with diseases of the skin and their hair dropped out. They were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Apollodorus, The Library, 2.7.8 [1]
  2. ^ Hesiod, Catalogues of Women, Fragment 18 [2]
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