Zeuxippe

In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (/zuːɡˈzɪpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξίππη) was the name of several women. The name means "she who yokes horses," from zeugos, "yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and hippos, "horse."[1]

• Zeuxippe, mother of Butes by Teleon. She was the daughter of the river god Eridanos.[2][3]
• Zeuxippe, naiad nymph. She was the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne and Philomela by Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea.[4]
• Zeuxippe, daughter of Lamedon (son of Coronus) and Pheno, and with her husband Sicyon the mother of Chthonophyle.[5]
• Zeuxippe, daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates.[6]
• Zeuxippe, daughter of Athamas and possibly the mother of Ptous by Apollo.[7]
• Zeuxippe, possible wife of Laomedon, king of Troy and the mother of his children.[8]

Notes

1. American Reference Books Annual, 1992, vol. 23, p. 542
2. Hyginus, Fabulae 14
3. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.72-73
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.14.8
5. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.2
6. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.68.5
7. Scholia on Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.23.6 (but see article on Ptous for discussion)
8. Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 3.250 as cited in Alcman, fr. 105

References

• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. 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.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. 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.