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Byblis

Byblis · f

a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee

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What it meant

Byblis — Lewis & Short

Byblis, ĭdis, f. (*bubli/s,

voc. Bybli, Ov. M. 9, 580; 9, 651; acc. Byblida, id. ib. 9, 453; 9, 467), =

I a daughter of Miletus and Cyanee, who fell in love with her brother Caunus, and, being repulsed, was changed to a fountain, Ov. M. 9, 452; cf. Theocr. Id. 7, 114; acc. to Ov. A. A. 1, 283, and Hyg. Fab. 243, she hanged herself.

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