Brewer's: Hermia

Daughter of Egeus, who betrothed her to Demetrius; but she refused to marry him, as she was in love with Lysander. (Shakespeare: Mid-summer Night's Dream.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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