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Hilaeira

She and Phoibe were the daughters of Leukippus (Leucippus).

There are two versions of the story in which Phoibe and Hilaeira became involved with the Dioskuri (Dioscuri), i.e. Kastor (Castor) and Polydeukes (Polydeuces or Pollux), while they were with the Argonauts:

  1. The girls were betrothed to two other men, their cousins Idas and Lynkeus (Lynceus), but Kastor and Polydeukes kidnapped the girls; a fight arose and Kastor was killed; or
  2. Kastor’s death was the result of a misadventure during a cattle raid; for the reasons of romantic license, the love affair scenario seems to be the most popular.

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