Zeuxippe
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In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (Ζευξίππη) was the name of several women. The name means "she who yokes horses," from zeugos, "yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and hippos, "horse."[1]
- Zeuxippe was the mother of Eribotes and Butes by Teleon. She was the daughter of the river god Eridanos.[2][3]
- Zeuxippe was the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne and Philomela by Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea.[4]
- Zeuxippe was the daughter of Lamedon (son of Coronus) and Pheno, and with her husband Sicyon was the mother of Chthonophyle.[5]
- Zeuxippe was the daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ American Reference Books Annual, 1992, vol. 23, p. 542
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 72-73
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 14. 8
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 6. 2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 68. 5
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