person
Byblis
Girl who conceived an incestuous passion for her brother and hanged herself; an exemplum of ungovernable female desire.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.10 Byblis
Girl who burned with incestuous love for her brother and hanged herself: first exemplum of female passion.
- Ibis §11 Byblis
Byblis, who burned with incestuous love for her brother — here a type of the criminal sister wished on the enemy.
- Metamorphoses §9.264 Byblis
Daughter of Miletus and Cyanee, whose incestuous love for her brother Caunus is the great cautionary tale of this book.