a daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, or, according to others, of Nycteus. Pursued and dishonored by her amorous father, she herself in the shade of forests, where she was metamorphosed by Athena into an owl. (Hyg. Fab. 204; Ov. Met. 2.590; Lutat. ad Stat. Theb. 3.507; Serv. ad Viry. Georg. 1.403.)
[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