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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hippothoe''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἱπποθόη ''Hippothoê'' means 'swift as a mare'<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Kerényi]]|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=[[Thames and Hudson]]|year=1951|location=London|pages=65}}</ref>) is the name of five distinct characters.

* Hippothoe, the "lovely" [[Nereids|Nereid]] and one of the 50 marine-[[nymph]] daughters of the '[[Old Man of the Sea]]' [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanid]] [[Doris (mythology)|Doris]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 251; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.2.7</ref> Her name means running horses (i.e. waves).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=181}}</ref>
*Hippothoe, a [[Ancient Libya|Libyan]] princess as one of the [[Danaïdes]], daughters of King [[Danaus]]. She married and killed her cousin [[Bromius (son of Aegyptus)|Obrimus]], son of King [[Aegyptus]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 170</ref>
*Hippothoe, daughter of [[Mestor]], son of [[Perseus]], and of [[Lysidice (daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia)|Lysidice]], daughter of [[Pelops]]. [[Poseidon]] abducted Hippothoe from her family and took her to the [[Echinades]] islands. There, he sired [[Taphius]] who later founded the city of Taphos.<ref name="Apollodorus, Library">Apollodorus, 2.4.5</ref>
* Hippothoe, one of the [[Peliades (mythology)|Peliades]], daughters of [[Pelias]], King of [[Iolcus]]. Her mother was either [[Anaxibia]], daughter of [[Bias]],<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.10</ref> or [[Philomache|Phylomache]], one of the [[Niobids]].<ref name="Hyginus, Fabulae">Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 24</ref>
* Hippothoe, the 'fierce-souled' [[Amazons|Amazon]] who fought with their queen, [[Penthesilea]] at [[Troy]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 163; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 1.44; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Posthomerica'' 176</ref> She was killed by [[Achilles]].<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.532</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brave Women Warriors Of Greek Myth: An Amazon Roster|url=http://www.whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=www.whoosh.org}}</ref>

Hippothoe is also the scientific name of ''[[Lycaena hippothoe]]'', the "Purple-edged Copper" butterfly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/LycaenHippot.htm|title=Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa|website=www.leps.it|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Hesiod]], ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Károly Kerényi|Kerényi, Carl]], ''The Gods of the Greeks'', Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]] ''Posthomerica'' translated by Ana Untila.

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