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Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polyphonte was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Hipponous" title="Hipponous">Hipponous</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thrassa" title="Thrassa">Thrassa</a>; her grandparents on her mother's side were the war god <a href="/wiki/Ares" title="Ares">Ares</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tereine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tereine (page does not exist)">Tereine</a>, a daughter of the river god <a href="/wiki/Strymon_(mythology)" title="Strymon (mythology)">Strymon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-antoninus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antoninus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polyphonte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Antonius cites <a href="/wiki/Boios" title="Boios">Boeus’</a> second book, ‘The Origin of Birds’ as the source of the story; however, Boeus’ work has been lost.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913133–134_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913133–134-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrath_of_Aphrodite">Wrath of Aphrodite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polyphonte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wrath of Aphrodite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wishing to remain a virgin, Polyphonte fled to the mountains to become a companion of <a href="/wiki/Artemis" title="Artemis">Artemis</a>. This provoked the ire of <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a>, the goddess of love and procreation, who viewed Polyphonte's decision as a personal affront. To punish Polyphonte for failing to honor her womanly duty, Aphrodite drove her mad and caused her to lust after a <a href="/wiki/Bears_in_antiquity" title="Bears in antiquity">bear</a>. </p><p>Artemis was disgusted with Polyphonte and so turned the wild animals against her. Fearing for her life, Polyphonte was forced to return to her father's home.<sup id="cite_ref-antoninus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antoninus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_of_the_bear_twins">Birth of the bear twins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polyphonte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Birth of the bear twins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once at home, Polyphonte gave birth to two humanoid bear-like sons, <a href="/wiki/Agrius_and_Oreius_(mythology)" title="Agrius and Oreius (mythology)">Agrius and Oreius</a> (the result of her union with the bear). Agrius and Oreius grew into huge men of immense strength. As perhaps befits their feral patronage, the Bear Twins honored neither men nor gods. Indeed, they were cannibals who attacked strangers on the road. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> despised Agrius and Oreius and so sent <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a> to punish them as he saw fit. The brothers almost had their hands and feet severed by the vengeful god were it not for the intervention of their great-grandfather Ares. Despite their monstrous nature, Ares persuaded Hermes to commute the sentence. Together, Hermes and Ares transformed Agrius, Oreius, Polyphonte, and the family's female servant into birds. Polyphonte was transformed into the <a href="/wiki/Owl" title="Owl">owl</a>-like <a href="/wiki/Strix_(mythology)" title="Strix (mythology)">strix</a>, which neither ate nor drank and cried during that night, which portended war and sedition for mankind.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As for her sons, Oreius was turned into a "bird called <i>lagōs</i>" (hypothetically translated as an "<a href="/wiki/Horned_owl" title="Horned owl">eagle owl</a>")<sup id="cite_ref-nissan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nissan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regarded as ill omen, and Agrius was turned into a <a href="/wiki/Vulture" title="Vulture">vulture</a>, a despised carrion-eating bird. In a small act of mercy, Ares and Hermes heeded the female servant's prayer where she had no involvement in the Bear Twins' actions and decided not to transform her into a bird heralding evil for mankind. Instead, she was transformed into a <a href="/wiki/Woodpecker" title="Woodpecker">woodpecker</a> (supposedly a sign of good luck if seen before a hunt).<sup id="cite_ref-antoninus_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antoninus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parallels_to_other_stories">Parallels to other stories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polyphonte&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parallels to other stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story bears strong similarities with the tales of <a href="/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Athens" title="Hippolytus of Athens">Hippolytus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atalanta" title="Atalanta">Atalanta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Callisto_(mythology)" title="Callisto (mythology)">Callisto</a>. It has been suggested that all these tales deal with the function of Artemis within the rituals of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a> and shed light on how they saw a woman's first sexual encounter.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In so far as the tale details bestiality as a punishment for offending the gods, the myth is also similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Pasipha%C3%AB" title="Pasiphaë">Pasiphaë</a> who mated with the <a href="/wiki/Cretan_Bull" title="Cretan Bull">Cretan Bull</a> resulting in the <a href="/wiki/Minotaur" title="Minotaur">Minotaur</a>'s birth. </p><p>French folklorist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Delarue" title="Paul Delarue">Paul Delarue</a> listed this story as an ancient parallel to the European tale of <i><a href="/wiki/Jean_de_l%27Ours" title="Jean de l'Ours">Jean de l'Ours</a></i>, a strong hero born of a human woman 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href="https://topostext.org/work/216#21">21</a>. <a href="#CITEREFCeloria1992">Celoria (1992)</a>, pp. 77–78 tr., <a href="#CITEREFVerheyk1774">Verheyk (1774)</a>, pp. 137–143, Greek and Latin</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913133–134-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913133–134_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOliphant1913">Oliphant (1913)</a>, pp. 133–134.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVerheyk1774">Verheyk (1774)</a>, p. 140 note</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nissan-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nissan_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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Springer. p. 732. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783642453274" title="Special:BookSources/9783642453274"><bdi>9783642453274</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nativised%2C+Playfully+Aetiologised+Literary+Zoonyms%2C+III&rft.pages=732&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9783642453274&rft.aulast=Nissan&rft.aufirst=Ephraim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUsy5BQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA732&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolyphonte" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>. It is added that Arnott (2007), p. 129 considers <i>lagōs</i> to be the <a href="/wiki/Delichon_urbica" class="mw-redirect" title="Delichon urbica">house martin</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0003:card=654&highlight=strigis"><i>Hercules Furens</i></a></span>, 686ff.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498:book=3&highlight=bubo"><i>Thebaid</i></a></span>, III. 511 : "striges; et feralia bubo" only.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913140-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913140_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOliphant1913">Oliphant (1913)</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>lagos</i> (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">λαγῶς</span></span>), means "hare". <a href="#CITEREFCeloria1992">Celoria (1992)</a>, pp. 163–164, notes. The proposed solution that <i>lagōs</i> might be <i>bubo</i> (horned owl or eagle owl) is based on the observation that Ovid, Seneca,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Statius,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> associate together the three birds <i>bubo</i>, <i>vultur</i>, and <i>strix</i>, the latter two being the incarnations of Agrius and Polyphonte.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913140_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOliphant1913140-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_F._Scanlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas F. Scanlon (page does not exist)">Scanlon, Thomas F.</a> (2002), <span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nHoX3hY6WFsC&pg=PA161">Eros and Greek Athletics</a></span>, pg. 161-165</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">DELARUE, Paul. "LES CONTES POPULAIRES DE FRANCE: Inventaire Analytique Et Méthodique". In: <i>Nouvelle Revue Des Traditions Populaires</i> 1, no. 4 (1949): 337-338. Accessed June 21, 2021. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/40991689">http://www.jstor.org/stable/40991689</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polyphonte&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCeloria1992" class="citation book cs1">Antoninus Liberalis (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Eolzuv0eQC&pg=PA77">"21. Polyphonte"</a>. In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Celoria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Celoria (page does not exist)">Celoria, Francis</a> (ed.). <i>The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis: A Translation with Commentary</i>. Psychology Press. pp. 77–78. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415068963" title="Special:BookSources/9780415068963"><bdi>9780415068963</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=21.+Polyphonte&rft.btitle=The+Metamorphoses+of+Antoninus+Liberalis%3A+A+Translation+with+Commentary&rft.pages=77-78&rft.pub=Psychology+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=9780415068963&rft.au=Antoninus+Liberalis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9_Eolzuv0eQC%26pg%3DPA77&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolyphonte" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0415068967" title="Special:BookSources/0415068967">0415068967</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVerheyk1774" class="citation book cs1">Antoninus Liberalis (1774). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E9-hhAOFeu8C&pg=PA137">"XXI. Polyphonte"</a>. In Verheyk, Hendrik (ed.). <i>Antōninou Liberalis Metamorphōseōn Sunagōgē</i>. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Xylander" title="Wilhelm Xylander">Wilhelm Xylander</a>, Thomas Muncker. apud Sam. et Joan. Luchtmans. pp. 137–143.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=XXI.+Polyphonte&rft.btitle=Ant%C5%8Dninou+Liberalis+Metamorph%C5%8Dse%C5%8Dn+Sunag%C5%8Dg%C4%93&rft.pages=137-143&rft.pub=apud+Sam.+et+Joan.+Luchtmans&rft.date=1774&rft.au=Antoninus+Liberalis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DE9-hhAOFeu8C%26pg%3DPA137&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolyphonte" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOliphant1913" class="citation journal cs1">Oliphant, Samuel Grant (1913). 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title="Aëdon">Aëdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegolius_(mythology)" title="Aegolius (mythology)">Aegolius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegypius_(mythology)" title="Aegypius (mythology)">Aegypius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%ABtos" title="Aëtos">Aëtos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aesacus" title="Aesacus">Aesacus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agrius_and_Oreius_(mythology)" title="Agrius and Oreius (mythology)">Agrius and Oreius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agron_(mythology)" title="Agron (mythology)">Agron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcander_(mythology)" title="Alcander (mythology)">Alcander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcyone_(daughter_of_Sciron)" title="Alcyone (daughter of Sciron)">Alcyone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcyone_and_Ceyx" title="Alcyone and Ceyx">Alcyone and Ceyx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcyonides" title="Alcyonides">Alcyonides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alectryon_(mythology)" title="Alectryon (mythology)">Alectryon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthus_(mythology)" title="Anthus (mythology)">Anthus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigone_of_Troy" title="Antigone of Troy">Antigone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argus_Panoptes" title="Argus Panoptes">Argus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arne_Sithonis" title="Arne Sithonis">Arne Sithonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemiche" title="Artemiche">Artemiche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascalaphus_(son_of_Acheron)" title="Ascalaphus (son of Acheron)">Ascalaphus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteria_(Titaness)" title="Asteria (Titaness)">Asteria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonous" title="Autonous">Autonous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botres" title="Botres">Botres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulis_(mythology)" title="Bulis (mythology)">Bulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byssa_(mythology)" title="Byssa (mythology)">Byssa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caeneus" title="Caeneus">Caeneus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celeus_(Crete)" title="Celeus (Crete)">Celeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerberus_(Greek_myth)" title="Cerberus (Greek myth)">Cerberus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelidon_(mythology)" title="Chelidon (mythology)">Chelidon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinyras" title="Cinyras">Cinyras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinis" title="Clinis">Clinis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combe_(mythology)" title="Combe (mythology)">Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corone_(crow)" title="Corone (crow)">Corone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ctesylla" title="Ctesylla">Ctesylla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycnus_(son_of_Apollo)" title="Cycnus (son of Apollo)">Cycnus of Aetolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycnus_(son_of_Ares)" title="Cycnus (son of Ares)">Cycnus of Ares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycnus_of_Kolonai" title="Cycnus of Kolonai">Cycnus of Colonae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycnus_of_Liguria" title="Cycnus of Liguria">Cycnus of Liguria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daedalion" title="Daedalion">Daedalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erinoma" title="Erinoma">Erinoma</a></li> <li><a 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of Neophron)">Timandra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cef2e0;">Non-avian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abas_(mythology)" title="Abas (mythology)">Abas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actaeon" title="Actaeon">Actaeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arachne" title="Arachne">Arachne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcas" title="Arcas">Arcas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arge" title="Arge">Arge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristaeus_(Giant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aristaeus (Giant)">Aristaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascalabus" title="Ascalabus">Ascalabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atalanta" title="Atalanta">Atalanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadmus" title="Cadmus">Cadmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calchus" title="Calchus">Calchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callisto_(mythology)" title="Callisto 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title="Odysseus">Odysseus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentheus" title="Pentheus">Pentheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phalanx_(mythology)" title="Phalanx (mythology)">Phalanx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phineus" title="Phineus">Phineus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenice_(mythology)" title="Phoenice (mythology)">Phoenice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompilus_(mythology)" title="Pompilus (mythology)">Pompilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taygete" title="Taygete">Taygete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophane" title="Theophane">Theophane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiresias" title="Tiresias">Tiresias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanis_(mythology)" title="Titanis (mythology)">Titanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithonus" title="Tithonus">Tithonus</a></li> <li>Tyrrhenian pirates <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aethalides_(mythology)" title="Aethalides (mythology)">Aethalides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcimedon" title="Alcimedon">Alcimedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dictys" 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title="Cragaleus">Cragaleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daphnis" title="Daphnis">Daphnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iodame" title="Iodame">Iodame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laelaps_(mythology)" title="Laelaps (mythology)">Laelaps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lethaea" title="Lethaea">Lethaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyco_and_Orphe" title="Lyco and Orphe">Lyco and Orphe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olenus" title="Olenus">Olenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallas_(Giant)" title="Pallas (Giant)">Pallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandareus" title="Pandareus">Pandareus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)" title="Phineus (son of Belus)">Phineus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydectes" title="Polydectes">Polydectes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proetus_(son_of_Abas)" title="Proetus (son of Abas)">Proetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propoetides" title="Propoetides">Propoetides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_(mythology)" title="Pyrrhus (mythology)">Pyrrhus</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Arethusa_(Ithaca)" title="Arethusa (Ithaca)">Arethusa (Ithaca)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteria_(Titaness)" title="Asteria (Titaness)">Asteria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)" title="Atlas (mythology)">Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aura_(mythology)" title="Aura (mythology)">Aura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byblis" title="Byblis">Byblis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calliste_(mythology)" title="Calliste (mythology)">Calliste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castalia" title="Castalia">Castalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chione_(daughter_of_Callirrhoe)" title="Chione (daughter of Callirrhoe)">Chione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleite" title="Cleite">Cleite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comaetho_of_Cilicia" title="Comaetho of Cilicia">Comaetho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyane" title="Cyane">Cyane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirce" title="Dirce">Dirce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haemus" title="Haemus">Haemus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichas" title="Lichas">Lichas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilaeus_(mythology)" title="Lilaeus (mythology)">Lilaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manto_(daughter_of_Tiresias)" title="Manto (daughter of Tiresias)">Manto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsyas" title="Marsyas">Marsyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menippe_and_Metioche" title="Menippe and Metioche">Menippe and Metioche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niobe" title="Niobe">Niobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perimele" title="Perimele">Perimele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirene_(nymph)" title="Pirene (nymph)">Pirene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyramus_and_Thisbe" title="Pyramus and Thisbe">Pyramus and Thisbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodope_(mythology)" title="Rhodope (mythology)">Rhodope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodopis_and_Euthynicus" title="Rhodopis and Euthynicus">Rhodopis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangarius_(mythology)" title="Sangarius (mythology)">Sangas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selemnos" title="Selemnos">Selemnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sybaris_(mythology)" title="Sybaris (mythology)">Sybaris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cef2e0;width:1%">Opposite sex</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caeneus" title="Caeneus">Caeneus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermaphroditus" title="Hermaphroditus">Hermaphroditus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iphis" title="Iphis">Iphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leucippus_of_Crete" title="Leucippus of Crete">Leucippus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmacis" title="Salmacis">Salmacis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siproites" title="Siproites">Siproites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sithon_(mythology)" title="Sithon (mythology)">Sithon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiresias" title="Tiresias">Tiresias</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cef2e0;width:1%">Plants</th><td 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