Lampetia

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Other deities
Personified concepts
Achlys Alala Algos Amphilogiai Androktasiai Apate Atë Bia Charites Dysnomia Epiales Eris Eros Harmonia Homados Horae Horkos Hypnos Hysminai Kratos Kydoimos Lampetia Limos Makhai Metis Mnemosyne Moirai Oneiroi Palioxis Polemos Proioxis Neikea Nemesis Nike Pandia Phaethusa Phonoi Ponos Thanatos Themis Zelos

Lampetia is also a junior synonym of the geometer moth genus Erannis.

In Greek mythology, Lampetia (Λαμπετίη or Λαμπετία) (English translation: "shining") was the daughter of Helios and Neaera; she was the personification of light. She and her sister, Phaethusa, were taken by their mother to guard the cattle and sheep of Thrinacia. She looked after 700 animals in total. She ran to her father when Odysseus' men slaughtered and sacrificed some of his ageless and deathless cattle. Her father, Helios, was enraged and asked the gods to avenge the deaths of his cattle, threatening to bring sunlight to the underworld if the men were not punished. Zeus then sent a lightning bolt down and a storm, killing all of Odysseus' men, a doom which was portended by the meat writhing and lowing on the spits.^[1]

References

↑ Homer. Odyssey. Book XII, 375.

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