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Nyctimene

Nyctimene · f

the daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, who unknowingly had intercourse with her father: when she discovered it, she…

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Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k

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Nyctĭmĕnē — Lewis & Short

Nyctĭmĕnē, ēs, f., = *nuktime/nh,

I the daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, who unknowingly had intercourse with her father: when she discovered it, she fled in despair to the woods, where she was changed by Minerva into a night-owl, Ov. M. 2, 591; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 403; Hyg. Fab. 204 and 253.

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