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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hilaeira''' (Ἱλάειρα) (or '''Ilaeira''') was a daughter of [[Leucippus (mythology)|Leucippus]] and [[Philodice]].<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 511</ref>. She and her sister [[Phoebe (Leucippides)|Phoebe]] are commonly referred to as Leucippides (that is, "daughters of Leucippus").<ref>Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''</ref>.

Hilaeira and Phoebe were priestesses of Artemis and Athena, and betrothed to [[Lynceus]] and [[Idas]], the sons of [[Aphareus]]. [[Castor and Pollux|Castor]] and [[Castor and Pollux|Pollux]] were charmed by their beauty and carried them off.<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' 3. 13. 4</ref> <ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 80</ref>. When Idas and Lynceus tried to rescue their brides-to-be they were both slain, but Castor himself fell.<ref>[[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' 22. 137 ff</ref><ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' 5. 709 ff</ref>. Pollux persuaded [[Zeus]] to allow him to share his immortality with his brother.<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 80</ref>.

Hilaeira married Castor and bore him a son, named either Anogon <ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' 3. 13. 4 </ref> or Anaxis.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)| Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 2. 22. 5</ref>.