Leuconoe

In Greek mythology, the name Leuconoe (/ljuːˈkɒnoʊi/; Ancient Greek: Λευκονόη, /leu̯konóɛː/) may refer to:

• Leuconoe, one of the Minyads,[1] more commonly known as Leucippe.
• Leuconoe, daughter of Lucifer (Eosphorus) and mother of Philammon by Apollo.[2] In some accounts, the mother of Philammon was called Chione[3] or Philonis[4].
• In some editions of Hyginus' Fabulae, Leuconoe was the suggested reading for the name of the child of Poseidon and Themisto[5]. The reading Leucon has been accepted as more appropriate.[6]

For the deme of ancient Attica, see Leuconoe (Attica). For the Leuconoe subgenus of bat, see mouse-eared bat.

In Roman literature, Leuconoe is a figure to whom Horace's Ode 11 of Book 1 of Odes is addressed.

Notes

1. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4. 168
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 161
3. Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301
4. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 64.
5. Hyginus, Fabulae 157
6. Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XII, Halbband 24, Legio-Libanon (1925), s. 2284, s. v. Leuconoe (German)

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com

• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.