In
Greek mythology, Siproites (; ; grc-gre, Σιπροίτης, Siproítēs) or Siproetes is the name of a
Cretan hero, who saw the goddess
Artemis naked while she was bathing and was then transformed into a woman, paralleling the story of the hunter
Actaeon
Actaeon (; grc, Ἀκταίων ''Aktaion''), in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero. Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron.
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Mythology
Siproites, while hunting, saw Artemis bathing naked; in response to the offence, the virgin goddess turned him into a woman:
The Cretan, Siproites, had also been turned into a woman for having seen Artemis bathing when out hunting.Antoninus Liberalis
Antoninus Liberalis ( el, Ἀντωνῖνος Λιβεράλις) was an Ancient Greek grammarian who probably flourished between AD 100 and 300.
His only surviving work is the ''Metamorphoses'' (Μεταμορφώσεων Συναγωγή, ''Me ...
, ''Metamorphoses''
Leucippus
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The full story of Siproites has been lost; the above passage is all that remains, as
Antoninus Liberalis
Antoninus Liberalis ( el, Ἀντωνῖνος Λιβεράλις) was an Ancient Greek grammarian who probably flourished between AD 100 and 300.
His only surviving work is the ''Metamorphoses'' (Μεταμορφώσεων Συναγωγή, ''Me ...
alone preserves the tale in a brief mention. This sex-change tale shares similarities with the myth of
Athena blinding
Tiresias for seeing her naked. This reversal story brings Siproites into line with several other male hunters and soldiers who were emasculated, both literally and metaphorically, such as
Attis and
Orion.
See also
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Caeneus
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Leucippus
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Iphis
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Tiresias
Notes
References
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Antoninus Liberalis
Antoninus Liberalis ( el, Ἀντωνῖνος Λιβεράλις) was an Ancient Greek grammarian who probably flourished between AD 100 and 300.
His only surviving work is the ''Metamorphoses'' (Μεταμορφώσεων Συναγωγή, ''Me ...
, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'', translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992)
Online version at topos text.*
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Metamorphoses into the opposite sex in Greek mythology
Deeds of Artemis
Transgender topics and mythology
LGBT themes in Greek mythology
Mythological hunters
Cretan characters in Greek mythology