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imported>Arne Eickenberg m (Arnê of Siphnos moved to Arne Sithonis: Arne's island has often wrongly been identified as Siphnos. In reality it was probably Naxos. This will later be added to the article.) |
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Arnê of Siphnos (Ἄρνη) is a mythologized princess of the ancient Greek island of Siphnos, who according to legend betrayed her motherland, which was known for its wealth and fertility, after the legendary king Minos had bribed her with gold into supporting Crete. After she had accepted the bribe that "her greed demanded", Minos' troops attacked Siphnos. For this misdeed the gods punished her by turning her into a black-footed, black-winged jackdaw, and she would be forever attracted to golden and shining objects.
The only source on Arnê's story is Ovid's mythological poem Metamorphoses from 8 BC.[1]
Possible chronology
to be added later