Redigerer Kampaspe (avsnitt)

== Senere litteratur ==
Kampaspe ble et generisk [[Poesi|poetisk]] synonym for en manns elskerinne. Den [[England|engelske]] forfatteren og dramatikeren [[John Lyly]] (1553–1606), som foruten å produsere sin komedie ''Campaspe'' i [[1584]], også skrev følgende:

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''«Cupid and my Campaspe play'd''<br />
''At cards for kisses—Cupid paid:''<br />
''He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows,''<br />
''His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;''<br />
''Loses them too; then down he throws ''<br />
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''The coral of his lip, the rose''<br />
''Growing on's cheek (but none knows how);''<br />
''With these, the crystal of his brow,''<br />
''And then the dimple of his chin:''<br />
''All these did my Campaspe win.'' <br />
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''At last he set her both his eyes,''<br />
''She won, and Cupid blind did rise.''<br />
''O Love! has she done this to thee?''<br />
''What shall (alas!) become of me?»'' <br />
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Den [[Spania|spanske]] dramatikeren [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]] skrev sitt eget drama basert på fortellingen om Kampaspe; ''Darlo todo y no dar nada'' (1651).