Anaxarete
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thumb|right|250px|Iphis and Anaxarete illustration by Virgil Solis
In Greek mythology, Anaxarete (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαρέτη means 'excellent princess') was a princess from Cyprus, who is said to have been descended from Teucer. She attracts the love of a young man named Iphis, who she scornfully rebuffs, pushing him to the point of killing himself upon her doorstep. After his death, she remains unmoved, and Aphrodite transforms her into a stone statue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anaxarete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.