Anaxarete

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[an-ak-sar-i-tee] / ˌæn ækˈsær ɪˌti /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a princess turned to stone for scorning the love of a commoner.

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Example Sentences

Iphis of humble origin beheld “The noble Anaxareté—the blood “Of ancient Teucer: he beheld, and felt “Love burn through all his frame; he struggled long “By reason to o'ercome the flame, in vain.

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In the road the dwelling stood “Through which the sad procession took its way, “And sound of lamentation struck the ears “Of Anaxareté, whom now the power “Of vengeance follow'd.

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She is beloved by Vertumnus, who first assumes the form of an old woman; and having told the story of Anaxarete, who was changed into a stone for her cruelty, he reassumes the shape of a youth, and prevails upon the Goddess.

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Yet lower down, harsh Anaxarete   Suffers worse pain where thicker fumes arise;   Heaven changed her flesh to stone, and here to be   Tormented, her afflicted spirit sties:   In that unmoved she, hung in air, could see   A lover vest by her barbarities.

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Anaxarete was among them, who, for her hard-heartedness, became a stone; and Daphne, who now discovered how she had erred in making Apollo "run so much;" and multitudes of other women; but a far greater number of men—men being worthier of punishment in offences of love, because women are proner to believe.

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