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Rhodopis and Euthynicus
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<p>In ancient <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, Rhodopis and Euthynicus (<a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_language/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>: Εὐθύνικος, <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek/KTELT9Aq">romanized</a>: <i>Euthúnikos</i>) are two young hunters sworn to chastity who incurred the wrath of <a href="/facts/Aphrodite/xW0TH9tC">Aphrodite</a>, the goddess of love and beauty. Their myth is attested in two late sources; <i><a href="/facts/Leucippe_and_Clitophon/xw6f8lAI">Leucippe and Clitophon</a></i>, a Greek second-century AD romance novel by <a href="/facts/Achilles_Tatius/sEMNcQ3d">Achilles Tatius</a>, and the Byzantine <i>Drosilla and Charikles</i> novel by Niketas Eugenianos, written in the twelfth century. </p>