3. A person living on Mount Ida, who wanted to take upon himself the punishment which his wife aId deserved by her pride of her beauty, and was metamorphosed along with her into stone. (Ov. Mel. 10.68, &c.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890