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by Micha F. Lindemans

The daughter of the Greek king Orchamus. She was loved by Apollo, and he assumed the shape of her mother to gain entrance to her. When her father learned of Apollo's visit, he became so enraged that he buried his daughter alive. Apollo changed the girl into a incense plant.