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LEUCIPPIDES : Greek demi-goddesses, wives of the Dioscuri ; mythology ; pictures : LEUKIPPIDES |
 | | The Leukippides (White-Horse Maidens) were named Phoibe (Lunar Bright) and Hilaeira (Softly Shining), names closely associated with the star-crowned Dioskouroi, divine horsemen who presided over the constellation Gemini. |
| | The words "hilaeira" and "phoibe" were also epithets of the moon-goddess Selene, who drove a two-horse biga through the sky. |
| | 1467.) Their names were Phoebe and Hilaeira, and they were priestesses of Athena and Artemis, and betrothed to Idas and Lynceus, the sons.of Aphareus; but Castor and Polydeuces being charmed with their beauty, carried them off and married them. |
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