Lampĕtia

, a daughter of Apollo and Neæra. She, with her sister Phaetusa, guarded her father’s flocks in Sicily when Uly es arrived on the coasts of that island. These flocks were 14 in number, seven herds of oxen, and seven flocks of sheep, consisting each of 50. They fed by night as well as by day, and it was deemed unlawful and sacrilegious to touch them. The companions of Uly es, impelled by hunger, paid no regard to their sanctity, or to the threats and entreaties of their chief; but they carried away and killed some of the oxen. The watchful keepers complained to their father, and Jupiter, at the request of Apollo, punished the offence of the Greeks. The hides of the oxen appeared to walk, and the flesh, which was roasting by the fire, began to bellow, and nothing was heard but dreadful noises and loud lowings. The companions of Uly es embarked on board their ships, but here the resentment of Jupiter followed them. A storm arose, and they all perished except Uly es, who saved himself on the broken piece of a mast. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 12 , ch. 119 .— Pro pert i us , bk. 3 , poem 12.――According to Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 2 , li. 349 , Lampetia is one of the Heliades, who was changed into a poplar tree at the death of her brother Phaeton.