Nicippe
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Nicippe (also Nikippe) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.
- Nicippe, one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Antimachus.[1]
- Nicippe, daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia. She married Sthenelus and bore him Alcyone, Medusa, and Eurystheus.[2] She is also known as Antibia[3] or Archippe[4].
- Nicippe, a priestess of Demeter in Dotion, Thessaly. Demeter assumes her shape to try to stop Erysichthon from cutting down the sacred grove.[5]
Also known is one apparently historical figure of this name:
- Nicippe, daughter of Paseas, who dedicated a statue to Aphrodite Symmachia at the temple in Mantinea which was founded to commemorate the alliance of the Mantineans with the Romans in the Battle of Actium.[6]
