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In Greek mythology, in Pindar's 9th Pythian ode, Cyrene (or Kyrene) ("sovereign queen") was the daughter
Hypseus, King of the Lapiths. When a lion
attacked her father's sheep, Cyrene wrestled with the lion. Apollo happened along and
immediately fell in love with her and kidnapped her. He took her to North Africa and founded the city of Cyrene in her name. The region, Cyrenaica, is also named for her. Together, she and Apollo had one son: Aristaeus.
With Ares, Cyrene (if indeed this is the same Cyrene) was the mother of Diomedes of Thrace.
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