Anaxarete

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In Greek mythology, Anaxarete was a Cypriot maiden who refused the advances of a shepherd named Iphis. He cried in despair and killed himself on her doorstep, but Anaxarete was still unmoved, so Aphrodite turned her to stone.

References

Reference: Ovid XIV, 698.

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