Hipponous

Several figures in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος) referred to several people:

  • Hipponous, the Olenian father of Capaneus and Periboea by Astynome.[1][2] He was son of Iocles, grandson of Astacus and great-grandson of Hermes and Astabe, a daughter of Peneus.[3]
  • Hipponous, one of the fifty sons of Priam,[4] the last Trojan whom Achilles killed before his death.[5]
  • Hipponous, an Achaean warrior killed by Hector.[6]
  • Hipponous, son of Triballus. He was the father of Polyphonte by Thrassa, the daughter of Ares and Tereine.[7]
  • Hipponous, who together with his father, son of Adrastus, were said to have thrown themselves into fire in obedience to an oracle of Apollo.[8]
  • Hipponous, the birth name of Bellerophon.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.4-5
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 70
  3. ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 133
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5
  5. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.155
  6. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.303
  7. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 21
  8. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 242; the context is obscure and perhaps corrupt.
  9. ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.810  (TE2.149); Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.66

References

  • Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 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. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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