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Eulimene
Eulimene
was the name of two
characters
in
Greek mythology
.
Eulimene, one of the
Nereids
.
Eulimene of
Crete
,
daughter
of
Cydon
, and
betrothed
to Apterus. In spite of this she had an
affair
with another
man
,
Lycastus
. When Cydon consulted the
oracles
to
discover
how to
best
his
enemies
they
told
him to sacrifice a
virgin
. He
cast lots
on all
the virgins
of the area, and the
fatal
lot
was
cast
upon his own daughter. Even though Lycastus confessed to having
slept
with her, she was still
condemned
to
death
, after which an
examination
of her body
proved
that she had been
pregnant
.