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In Greek mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos, "white horse") was a name attributed to multiple characters: Leucippus (son of Perieres), a Messenian prince and father of the Phoebe, Hilaera and Arsinoe.
Aug 14, 2004 · The Greek tradition regarded Leucippus as the founder of atomism in ancient Greek philosophy. Little is known about him, and his views are hard to distinguish from those of his associate Democritus. He is sometimes said to have been a student of Zeno of Elea, and to have devised the atomist philosophy in order to escape from the problems raised ...
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LEUCIPPUS (Leukippos), the son of Oenomaüs, king of Pisa. He was in love with Daphne and approached her in the disguise of a maiden and thus hunted with her. But Apollo's jealousy caused his discovery during the bath, and he was killed by the nymphs. (Paus. viii. 20. § 2; Parthen. l. c.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology...
Parthenius, Love Romances 15 (trans. Gaselee) (Greek poet C1st B.C.) : "From the elegiac poems of Diodoros of Elaia [unknown date] and the twenty-fifth book of Phylarkhos (Phylarchus) [Greek historian C3rd B.C.]. This is how the story of Daphne, the daughter of Amyklas (Amyclas), is related. She used never to come down into the town, nor consort wi...
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1. Parthenius, Love Romances - Greek Mythography C1st B.C. 2. Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D.
In Greek mythology, Leucippus ( Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos, "white horse") was a young man of Phaistos, Crete. Leucippus was born to Lamprus, the son of Pandion, and Galatea, daughter of Eurytius the son of Sparton. He is notable for having undergone a magical gender transformation by the will of the goddess Leto.
The son of Perieres by Gorgophone, and the brother of Aphareus. They inherited the kingdom of Messenia from their father, although Aphareus had the greater authority. His wife is Philodice, by whom he became the father of Phoebe and Hilaeira, also known as the Leucippides. The Dioscuri carried them off and married them.
Main interests. Metaphysics, cosmology. Leucippus ( / luːˈsɪpəs /; Λεύκιππος, Leúkippos; fl. 5th century BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is traditionally credited as the founder of atomism, which he developed with his student Democritus.
Leucippus （ *Leu/kippos), a Grecian philosopher, who is on all hands admitted to have been the founder of the atomic theory of the ancient philosophy. Where and when he was born we have no data for deciding.
