In Greek mythology, Leucothoe was a Babylonian princess. The daughter of Orchamus, a king of Persia, Leucothoe was either a lover of the sun god Helios or a victim of rape. A nymph or Leucothoe's own
Apollo (as Helios the Sun) caressing the Nymph Leucothea, by Antoine Boizot
Pygmalion
Apollo and Daphne
Io changed into a cow, Mercury cuts of Argus's head
Clytie (Oceanid)
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Clytie or Clytia is a water nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. She is thus one of the 3,000 Oceanid nymphs, and sister to the 3,000 river-gods.
Leucothoe (daughter of Orchamus)
…daughter of Orchamus, a king of Persia, Leucothoe was either a lover of the sun god Helios or a victim of rape. A nymph or Leucothoe's own sister, named Clytie, who loved Helios and was jealous of Leucothoe, informed Leucothoe's father that Leucothoe, despite being unmarried, was no longer a virgin, whereupon…
Townley's Clytie
Bust of Clytie, by Hiram Powers, modeled 1865–1867, carved 1873.
Clytie turns into a sunflower as the Sun refuses to look at her, engraving by Abraham van Diepenbeeck.
Clytie Transformed into a Sunflower, Charles de la Fosse, oil on canvas, 1688