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Anaxarete

American  
[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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The cliff of Leucas knew no distinction of sex, and Sappho can be set against Anaxarete.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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