Hippeia

Hippeia or Hippea (Ancient Greek: Ἱππεία)[1][2] is the name of two characters in Greek mythology.

• Hippea, daughter of Antippus. She married Elatus and bore Polyphemus, Caeneus, Ischys and Ampycus.[3]
• Athena Hippeia (or Hippeia Athena, "Athena of Horses"), Athena as a goddess of horses. In this form, she was said to be the daughter of Poseidon and Polyphe, daughter of Oceanus. She was given her name because she was the first to use a chariot.[4]

Notes

1. ἱππεία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
2. The name, epithet or title is perhaps attested in Mycenaean Greek in the Linear B syllabic script (PY An 1281 inscription and fragments) in the form 𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊𐄀𐀂𐀤𐀊, po-ti-ni-ja, i-qe-ja. Raymoure, K.A. "i-qe-ja". Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Deaditerranean. "PY 1281 An + frr.: 10 + fr. (12)". DĀMOS Database of Mycenaean at Oslo. University of Oslo. Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.; Ivanov, Vjaceslav V. (1995). Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. Volume I, Part I. Mouton de Gruyter. p. 463. ISBN 3-11-009646-3.
3. Hyginus. Fabulae, 14.
4. Suidas, Athena Hippeia.

Reference

• 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.