Aristonymus of Ephesus, the son of Demostratus, hated women and used to consort with an ass; and in due time the ass gave birth to a very beautiful maiden, Onoscelis The girl with ass’s legs : cf. the scholium on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae , 1048; Stobaeus, Florilegium , lxiv. 37 (iv. p. 473 Hense). by name. So Aristocles in the second book of his Strange Events . Fulvius Stellus hated women and used to consort with a mare and in due time the mare gave birth to a beautiful girl and they named her Epona. She is the goddess that is concerned with the protection of horses. So Agesilaüs in the third book of his Italian History .