In Greek mythology, Anaxarete (Ancient Greek Ἀναξαρέτη, "excellent princess") is a Cypriot maiden of Teucer's line at Salamis who scornfully rejects the love of Iphis. When he hangs himself at her door and she watches his funeral without pity, Aphrodite turns her to stone — a statue later shown in the temple of Venus Prospiciens. Distinct from other hard-hearted maidens in parallel tales (Arsinoe, Gorgo).
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I.Iphis and the stone maiden
Ovid's Metamorphoses (Vertumnus to Pomona) sets the tale on Cyprus. Humble Iphis loves proud Anaxarete of Teucer's stock; he confides in her nurse, bribes servants, and lays tear-drenched flowers at her door. She rebuffs him as harder than steel. Despairing, he hangs himself on her threshold; she still mocks the funeral procession until Aphrodite petrifies her from feet to face.
Ovid says the stone image was preserved at Salamis in the temple of Venus Prospiciens ("Looking Outward"). Antoninus Liberalis tells a parallel Cypriot story with Arsinoe and Arceophon; Plutarch knows a Cretan variant with Gorgo and Asander — related exempla, not the same atlas node.
II.Homonym note
The atlas id anaxarete-salamis is Ovid's Cypriot princess alone. Do not merge her with Iphis of Crete (the girl raised as a boy) or with Arsinoe of the Antoninus Liberalis variant.