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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Byblis''' (or '''Bublis''') was a daughter of [[Miletus]]. Her mother was either Tragasia, Cyanee, daughter of the river-god [[Meander (mythology) | Meander]], or [[Eidothea]], daughter of King [[Eurytus]] of Caria. She fell in love with [[Kaunos (mythology)|Caunus]], her brother. She even sent him a long love letter through a servant giving examples of other incestuous relationships between the gods. He ran away and she followed him through much of [[Greece]] and [[Asia Minor]] until she finally died, tired and sad. She was [[Shapeshifting|changed]] into a spring.
Other stories say that Caunus fell in love with her back before disappearing and breaking Byblis' heart, but she still dies, hanging herself with her girdle. Or she jumps off a cliff and is saved by [[hamadryad]]s. There is also a version where Caunus instigates the incest, but Byblis still seems to return his affection.
==References==
*Antoninus Liberalis 30
*Bell, Robert E. ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biogaphical Dictionary'' Oxford University Press: 1991.
*Conon, ''Narrations'' 2
*[[Ovid]] ''Metamorphoses'' IX, 446-665.
*[[Parthenius]] ''Love Stories'' 11
*Stephanus Byzantium, "Byblis."
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