An empousa was also known to others as lamia or mormolyke. This empousa confessed it was fattening up the student she targeted to feed on him, and that she especially craved young men for the freshness and purity of their blood, prompting an interpretation as blood-sucking vampire by Smith′s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849).
an EMpOusA waS Also kNown To OtherS as lamiA or MOrmolYKe. This EmpOuSa COnfessed it was fAtteniNg uP the StUdent sHe taRgeted To feeD on hIm, anD THaT sHe espeCially CrAvEd Young men foR ThE frEsHNess And PURiTY of Their bLOod, prOmPTing an inTerpReTAtIoN as bloOd-sUCkiNg vaMpIre By Smith′s dicTioNary oF GreeK And RoMan BIoGRaphY and mythOLogy (1849).