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Amphion with Niobe had six sons and six daughters, she boasted she was better then Leto, who only had two - Artemis and Apollo; so Artemis with poisoned arrows killed the girls - and Apollo the boys, some say one girl and one boy escaped.

Their names by author.

  • Apollodorus: Agenor, Astycratia, Astyoche, Cleodoxa, Damasichthon, Eupinytus, Ismenus, Neaera, Ogygia, Pelopia, Phaedimus, Phthia, Phylomache, Sipylus, Tantalus
  • Hyginus: Archenor, Astycratia, Astynome, Chias, Chloris, Cleodoxa, Damasichthon, Eudoxa, Eupinytus, Ismenus, Neaera, Ogygia, Phaedimus, Phthia, Sipylus, Tantalus, Thera
  • Ovid:Alphenor, Damasichthon, Ilioneus, Ismenus, Phaedimus, Sipylus, Tantalus.
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Amphion with Niobe had six sons and six daughters, she boasted she was better then Leto, who only had two - Artemis and Apollo; so Artemis with poisoned arrows killed the girls - and Apollo the boys, some say one girl and one boy escaped.

Their names by author.

  • Apollodorus: Agenor, Astycratia, Astyoche, Cleodoxa, Damasichthon, Eupinytus, Ismenus, Neaera, Ogygia, Pelopia, Phaedimus, Phthia, Phylomache, Sipylus, Tantalus
  • Hyginus: Archenor, Astycratia, Astynome, Chias, Chloris, Cleodoxa, Damasichthon, Eudoxa, Eupinytus, Ismenus, Neaera, Ogygia, Phaedimus, Phthia, Sipylus, Tantalus, Thera
  • Ovid:Alphenor, Damasichthon, Ilioneus, Ismenus, Phaedimus, Sipylus, Tantalus.
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Lampetia was the daughter of Helios and Neaera; she was the personification of light. With her sister, Phaethusa, she guarded the cattle of Thrinacia. She told her father when Odysseus' men slaughtered some of his cattle which were ageless and deathless, like a forbidden fruit. They also happened to be his children. Her father, Helios, was enraged and asked the gods to avenge his cattle's deaths. Zeus then sent a lightning bolt down and a storm, killing all of Odysseus' men, while their doom was portended by the meat writhing and lowing on the spits

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Lampetia and Phaethusa, were the daughters of Helios and Neaera; they dwelt on the mythical island Thrinacia. Lampetia shepherded seven flocks of fifty sheep with a silver crock, while Phaethousa tended seven herds of fifty cattle holding a copper staff.

These were immortal and ageless, and when Odysseus's men slaughtered them, she went to Helios who asked of Zeus to have revenge, or else he would shine light among the dead (underground). Zeus then sent a lightning bolt down and a storm, killing all of Odysseus' men, while their doom was portended by the meat writhing and lowing on the spits.

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Skylla (with Phorkys; although Ketô/Krataiis and Trienos/Charybdis and Lamia is also credited to being her mother, her father is also argued to be Poseidon, Triton, or a daughter of Typhon and Ekhidna)

Kirkê, Medea, and Aigialeus (with Aeetes; although Kirke and Aeetes are mostly considered to be sister and brother their father being Helios and mother Perseis, Medea is further the daughter of Aeetes her mother being the goddess of knowledge Idyia; Aigialeus/Aegialeus/Absyrtus/Apsyrtus is the son of Aeetes that was murdered by Medea; his mother given to be Ipsia/Idyia/Asterodeia/Neaera/ Eurylyte)

Hecate is further argued to be a virgin goddess because of her association with the Underworld and Artemis.

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Skylla (with Phorkys; although Ketô/Krataiis and Trienos/Charybdis and Lamia is also credited to being her mother, her father is also argued to be Poseidon, Triton, or a daughter of Typhon and Ekhidna)

Kirkê, Medea, and Aigialeus (with Aeetes; although Kirke and Aeetes are mostly considered to be sister and brother their father being Helios and mother Perseis, Medea is further the daughter of Aeetes her mother being the goddess of knowledge Idyia; Aigialeus/Aegialeus/Absyrtus/Apsyrtus is the son of Aeetes that was murdered by Medea; his mother given to be Ipsia/Idyia/Asterodeia/Neaera/ Eurylyte)

Hecate is further argued to be a virgin goddess because of her association with the Underworld and Artemis.

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