Hilaeira

Mortal Leucippid, daughter of Leucippus and priestess with her sister Phoebe; carried off by Castor in the rape of the daughters of Leucippus and by him mother of Anogon, the only attested child of Castor. Her father Leucippus is noted in prose (not registered).

Children

• Anogon

Domains

• cult priesthood

Relations

• spouse: CastorConsort of Castor, by him mother of Anogon.Apollod. 3.11.2; Paus. 3.16.1 (primary)
• mother of: AnogonMother of Anogon.Apollod. 3.11.2 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollodorus 3.11.2; Pausanias 1.18.1, 3.16.1; Theocritus 22.137-170; Ovid Fasti 5.699-714 (the rape of the Leucippides) (primary)
• parentage: Apollod. 3.11.2 (daughter of Leucippus); Paus. 3.16.1 (primary)