Hippothous

In Greek mythology, Hippothous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόθοος, meaning "swift-riding"[1]) is the name of seven men:

• Hippothous, son of Aegyptus and an Arabian woman. He married (and was murdered by) Gorge, daughter of Danaus and a hamadryad.[2]
• Hippothous, son of Poseidon and Alope, daughter of Cercyon. He was exposed and suckled by animals, while his mother was executed. After Theseus had killed Cercyon he willingly handed over his kingdom to Hippothous, since both men were the sons of Poseidon. Also known as Hippothoon.[3][4]
• Hippothous, son of Cercyon. He was one of the hunters of the Calydonian Boar. He later inherited the kingdom of Arcadia when king Agapenor did not return from the Trojan War. His successor was his son, Aepytus.[5][6]
• Hippothous, son of Neaera, daughter of Autolycus. He was killed by Telephus his kinsman (he was the son of Auge, another daughter of Autolycus).[7][8]
• Hippothous, son of Hippocoon. He was killed, along with father and brothers, by Heracles.[9]
• Hippothous, one of the sons of Priam.[10]
• Hippothous, son of Lethus, the son of Teutamides, a descendant of Pelasgus.[11] He led the contingent of the Pelasgians during the Trojan War, along with his brother Pylaeus, and was killed by Ajax during the fight over the body of Patroclus.[12][13][14][15][16]

Notes

1. ἱππό-θοος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 252
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 187
5. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.5.4
6. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.45.6
7. Hyginus, Fabulae 243
8. Hyginus, Fabulae 244
9. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.5
10. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
11. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.28.3 (citing Hellanicus, Phoronis) = Hellanicus fr. 4 Fowler, pp. 156–176.
12. Homer, Iliad 17.209
13. Homer, Iliad 17.288
14. Homer, Iliad 17.312
15. Homer, Iliad 2.840
16. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.3.35

References

• Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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 xLibrary.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. 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.