Hippodamia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hippodamia, Hippodamea or Hippodameia (/ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪ.ə/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια, "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") may refer to these female characters:
- Hippodamia, daughter of Oenomaus and wife of Pelops.[2]
- Hippodameia, a.k.a. Briseis, the wife of a prince in Asia Minor at the time of the Trojan War
- Hippodameia, wife of Alcathous (the son of Aesyetes) and daughter of Anchises.[3][4]
- Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous), daughter of Atrax or Butes.[5]
- Hippodamia (wife of Autonous), mother of Anthus.
- Hippodamia, name shared by two of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus of Libya either by the hamadryads, Atlanteia or Phoebe. One of them married and killed her husband Istrus and the other Diocorystes.[6] These princes were sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and an Arabian woman. Either of these two Hippodamia became the mother of Olenus by Zeus.[7]
- Hippodamia, daughter of Anicetus who consorted with Zeus.[8]
- Hippodamia, possible name for the mother of Guneus by Ocytus.[9]
- Hippodamia, an Athenian maiden who was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[10]
- Hippodamia, also known as Laodamia[11] or Deidamia,[12] daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king Iobates. She was said to mothered Sarpedon by the god Zeus.[13]
References
- ^ Walker, John (1830). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names: with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity. J.F. Dove. pp. 9, 13, 66.
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- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6. 21. 9–11, with a reference to Megalai Ehoiai fr. 259(a).
- ^ Scholia on Iliad, 13. 429
- ^ Hesychius of Alexandria s. v
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 70. 3
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.1.5
- ^ Clementine Recognitions 10.21.
- ^ Clementine Recognitions 10.21.
- ^ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 629 - 630
- ^ Painting on François Vase; CIG 4. 8185
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 6. 197-205
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 79. 3
- ^ Clementine Recognitions 10.21.
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