Hippodamia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hippodamia, Hippodamea or Hippodameia (/ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪ.ə/;[1] 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, a mythical queen in Asia Minor at the time of the Trojan War
- Hippodameia, wife of Alcathous (the son of Aesyetes) and daughter of Anchises.
- Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous), daughter of Atrax or Butes.[3]
- Hippodamia, name shared by two of the Danaids, one of whom married (and killed) Istrus, and the other Diocorystes.[4]
- Hippodamia, possible name for the mother of Guneus by Ocytus.
- Hippodamia, an Athenian maiden who was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[5]
- Hippodamia, also known as Laodamia[6] or Deidamia[7], daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king Iobates. She was said to mothered Sarpedon by the god Zeus.[8]
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.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6. 21. 9–11, with a reference to Megalai Ehoiai fr. 259(a).
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 70. 3
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.1.5
- ^ Painting on François Vase; CIG 4. 8185
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 6. 197-205
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 79. 3
- ^ Clement. Recognitions, 10.21
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