In Greek mythology, Apemosyne (Ancient Greek: Ἀπημοσύνη) was a Cretan princess as the daughter of King Catreus of Crete, the son of Minos.
Fearing that he would be the one to kill Catreus, Althaemenes took Apemosyne and fled with her to Rhodes.
On her way back from a spring, Apemosyne slipped on freshly skinned hides that Hermes had laid across her path.
Later, when Apemosyne told her brother what had happened, he became angry, thinking that she was lying about being molested by the god.
Arthur Bernard Cook,[3] saw in the myth of Apemosyne an historical element reflecting the relationship between Minoan Crete and Rhodes, as well as a possible etiological aspect explaining an ancient Rhodian custom involving human sacrifice.