Hypseus
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In Greek mythology, the name Hypseus (Ὑψεύς) may refer to:
- Hypseus, King of the Lapiths, son of the river god Peneus by the naiad Creusa, daughter of Gaia.[1] By Chlidanope[2] he had four daughters: Cyrene,[3][4][5] Themisto,[6] Alcaea and Astyagyia (who married Periphas).[7]
- Hypseus, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus. He killed Prothoenor, but was himself slain by Lyncides.[8]
- Hypseus, son of Asopus, who fought in the war of the Seven Against Thebes[9]. He killed a number of opponents, including Antiphōs, Astyages, Linus, and Tages, and was himself slain by Capaneus[10].
[edit] References
- ^ Pindar, Pythian Ode 9. 13 ff
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9. 31
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 81. 1
- ^ Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo, 85 ff
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 29. 180
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 9. 2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 69. 3
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5. 98 -99
- ^ Statius, Thebaid, 7. 310 ff & 723 ff
- ^ Statius, Thebaid, 9. 252 ff & 540 ff
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