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As for Eukleia, most persons believe her to be Artemis, and worship her as that goddess; but some say that she was a daughter of Herakles and Myrto, the daughter of Menœtius, who was the sister of Patroklus, and who, dying a virgin, is worshipped by the Bœotians and Lokrians.
The Platæans, to show their admiration of him, buried him in the temple of Artemis Eukleia, with this inscription on his tomb: "Euchidas ran to Delphi and back again in one day."
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