Hippothoon
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Hippothoon (Ἱπποθόων, -ωντος) or Hippothous is a figure in Greek mythology, often described as the King of Eleusis after the death of Cercyon; however, Theseus was sometimes said to have taken the throne from Cercyon after his death.
The story of Hippothoon's birth was unusual. Poseidon had an affair (some say rape) with Alope, Cercyon's daughter, who begat Hippothoon. Cercyon had his daughter buried alive but Poseidon turned her into the spring, Alope, near Eleusis.
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- Hyginus, Fabulae, 187
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