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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Epopeus_(king_of_Lesbos)" title="Epopeus (king of Lesbos)">Epopeus</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birthplace</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nyctimene</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Νυκτιμένη</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Nuktiménē</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'she who stays up at night') was, according to <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, a princess and a rape victim, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Epopeus_(king_of_Lesbos)" title="Epopeus (king of Lesbos)">Epopeus</a>, a king of <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>. She was transformed into an owl by the goddess <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a>, who took pity on her for her gruesome fate.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The owl was one of Athena's most prominent and important symbols. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nyctimene_(mythology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nyctimene's name is derived from the Greek words <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">νύξ</span></span> (genitive <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">νυκτός</span></span></i>) meaning "night"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELiddellScott1940s.v._[httpswwwperseustuftseduhoppertextdocPerseustext1999040057entrynuc_νύξ]_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELiddellScott1940s.v._[httpswwwperseustuftseduhoppertextdocPerseustext1999040057entrynuc_νύξ]-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">μένω</span></span> meaning "I stay",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELiddellScott1940s.v._[httpswwwperseustuftseduhoppertextdocPerseustext1999040057entrymenw_μένω]_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELiddellScott1940s.v._[httpswwwperseustuftseduhoppertextdocPerseustext1999040057entrymenw_μένω]-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that is, she who stays up at night (the owl). Both compound words are of <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> origin; <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">νύξ</span></span> from the PIE root <i>*nókʷts</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeekes2010[httpsarchiveorgdetailsetymological-dictionary-of-greekpage1027mode2upviewtheater_1027]_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeekes2010[httpsarchiveorgdetailsetymological-dictionary-of-greekpage1027mode2upviewtheater_1027]-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">μένω</span></span> from <i>*men-</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeekes2010[httpsarchiveorgdetailsetymological-dictionary-of-greekpage931mode2upviewtheater_931]_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeekes2010[httpsarchiveorgdetailsetymological-dictionary-of-greekpage931mode2upviewtheater_931]-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order for the name to translate to "moon of the night", as suggested by another proposed etymology,<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> it would have to be spelled <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Νυκτιμήνη</span></span></i> with two <a href="/wiki/Eta" title="Eta">etas</a> instead of <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Νυκτιμένη</span></span></i> with one. </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=Nyctimene_(mythology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Hyginus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyginus">Hyginus</a>, her father Epopeus desired her and raped her. Out of shame or guilt, she fled to the forest and refused to show her face in daylight.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking pity on her, the goddess <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a> transformed her into the nocturnal owl which, in time, became a widespread symbol of the goddess.<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><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForbes_Irving1990110_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEForbes_Irving1990110-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Ovid's <i><a href="/wiki/Metamorphoses" title="Metamorphoses">Metamorphoses</a></i>, the transformation was a punishment for "desecrating her father's bed" (<i>patrium temerasse cubile</i>), which insinuates that she had sexual intercourse with her own father, but no further explanation is given of whether she was raped, seduced or herself the seducer.<sup id="cite_ref-ovid_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovid-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <i>Metamorphoses</i>, Nyctimene's story is narrated by <a href="/wiki/Corone_(crow)" title="Corone (crow)">Corone</a> (the crow), who also complains that her place as Minerva's sacred bird is now being usurped by Nyctimene, who is so ashamed of herself that she will not be seen by daylight.<sup id="cite_ref-ovid_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovid-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maurus_Servius_Honoratus" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurus Servius Honoratus">Servius</a> says that Nyctimene was filled with shame after realizing she had slept with her father, implying some sort of trickery to have occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another scholiast says that Nyctimene was raped not by Epopeus but rather a visiting guest named Corymbus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPagèsVillagra2022[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidBm9pEAAAQBAJpgPT206_206]_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPagèsVillagra2022[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidBm9pEAAAQBAJpgPT206_206]-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An anonymous Greek paradoxographer writes that she fled her father, who is here named Clymenus.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A variation of her story about <a href="/wiki/Nyctaea" title="Nyctaea">Nyctaea</a> is found in pseudo-<a href="/wiki/Lactantius_Placidus" title="Lactantius Placidus">Lactantius Placidus</a>'s commentary on the <i><a href="/wiki/Thebaid_(Latin_poem)" title="Thebaid (Latin poem)">Thebaid</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPagèsVillagra2022[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidBm9pEAAAQBAJpgPT206_206]_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPagèsVillagra2022[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidBm9pEAAAQBAJpgPT206_206]-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nyctimene_(mythology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her name has been given to a <a href="/wiki/Nyctimene_(genus)" title="Nyctimene (genus)">genus of bats</a> and an <a href="/wiki/2150_Nyctimene" class="mw-redirect" title="2150 Nyctimene">asteroid</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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Thence the crow contests her." The German couplet says: "Nyctimene commits an atrocity with her father and becomes an owl."</span> </li> </ol></div></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=Nyctimene_(mythology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</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 .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKäppel2006" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Käppel, Lutz (2006). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/nyctimene-e827030">"Nyctimene"</a></span>. 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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 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title="Arcesius">Cephalus' wife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatea_(mythology)" title="Galatea (mythology)">Galatea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leleges" title="Leleges">Leleges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrmidons" title="Myrmidons">Myrmidons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephele" title="Nephele">Nephele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartoi">Spartoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Weasel_and_Aphrodite" title="The Weasel and Aphrodite">Weasel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cef2e0;width:1%">Inanimate objects</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/Aconteus" title="Aconteus">Aconteus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aglaurus,_daughter_of_Cecrops" title="Aglaurus, daughter of Cecrops">Aglaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaxarete" title="Anaxarete">Anaxarete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariadne" title="Ariadne">Ariadne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsino%C3%AB_of_Cyprus" title="Arsinoë of Cyprus">Arsinoë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspalis" title="Aspalis">Aspalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battus_(mythology)" title="Battus (mythology)">Battus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britomartis" title="Britomartis">Britomartis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calydon_(son_of_Ares)" title="Calydon (son of Ares)">Calydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercopes" title="Cercopes">Cercopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cragaleus" 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 href="/wiki/Teumessian_fox" title="Teumessian fox">Teumessian fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psamathe_(Nereid)" title="Psamathe (Nereid)">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cef2e0;width:1%">Landforms</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 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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 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