Arsinoë (daughter of Nicocreon)

[1] Arsinoë and her petrification tale serve as a doublet for the also Cypriot and more well-known story of Iphis and Anaxarete which follows the same pattern.

Her tale is only preserved in the writings of Antoninus Liberalis, a little-known author of the Roman imperial era.

A wealthy Phoenician-descended man called Arceophon fell in love with her and tried to woo her promising many gifts, but Nicocreon refused to give his daughter's hand in marriage to him due to his Phoenician origin.

During his funeral, Arsinoë peeped out of the window to get a glimpse, and so Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, turned the girl into stone.

[13] He dies, but Alcimadure sheds no tears and instead continues to insult Eros the god of love, until his statue that she dances around topples and crushes her to death.