She was probably born in Hyccara, Sicily (modern Carini) and died in Thessaly.
Since ancient authors in their (usually indirect) accounts often confused them or did not indicate which they refer to, the two have become inextricably linked.
[2] Aelian relates that she bore the nickname Axine ("axehead"), for the sharpness of her cruelty.
She fell in love with a Thessalian named Hippostratus or Hippolochus, who brought her to Thessaly.
It is said that Thessalian women out of jealousy lured her into the temple of Aphrodite and stoned her to death.