Leucone followed him one day there, and was attacked and killed by his hunting dogs which mistook her for a wild beast.
[1] Her tale is primarily attested in the Sorrows of Love, a work by Roman-era Greek writer Parthenius of Nicaea and other minor scholiasts.
[2] After this had happened many times, Leucone began suspecting that her husband was being unfaithful to her, and was meeting some other woman in the woods instead of hunting.
[3] Cyanippus's extremely savage hunting hounds scented Leucone while he was not around, thought her for some wild animal, and in the absence of their master, attacked and tore her into pieces.
[4] When Cyanippus found her torn body after some time, he was consumed with immense grief, and with the help of his hunting companions he lit up her funeral pyre.