The myth goes that the hunter Cyanippus fell in love with the very beautiful Leucone, and begged her parents for her hand in marriage, which they agreed to.
The couple was married soon enough but Cyanippus, being a hunter, greatly enjoyed hunting wild animals in the woods for large amounts of time each day.
[2] Time passed, and as Cyanippus continued to neglect his home and wife, Leucone began suspecting that he was being unfaithful to her, and that he was using the forest and hunting as an excuse to meet another woman there, secretly from her.
[3] When Cyanippus was not around, his hunting dogs, which were extremely savage, scented the hiding Leucone, and mistaking her for some wild animal, they attacked and tore her into pieces.
He was then consumed with immense grief, and proceeded to light Leucone's funeral pyre with the help of his hunting companions.