In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, the name Hippocoön (; grc, Ἱπποκόων, ''Hippokóōn'') refers to several characters:
*Hippocoon, in one account, father of
Neleus, who is otherwise called son of
Cretheus or
Poseidon.
*
Hippocoon, a
Spartan king, father of
Enarephoros and brother of
Tyndareus
In Greek mythology, Tyndareus (; Ancient Greek: Τυνδάρεος, ''Tundáreos''; Attic: Τυνδάρεως, ''Tundáreōs''; ) was a Spartan king.
Family
Tyndareus was the son of Oebalus (or Perieres) and Gorgophone (or Bateia). He married ...
from whom Hippocoon seized the kingship, then exiled Tyndareus.
*Hippocoon, the great-grandfather of
Amphiaraus. The lineage is as follows:
Zeuxippe
In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (; 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."
*Zeuxippe, a naiad nymph of Athen ...
, daughter of this Hippocoön, married
Antiphates
In Greek mythology, Antiphates (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφάτης) is the name of five characters.
* Antiphatês, son of Melampus and Iphianeira, the daughter of Megapenthes. He married Zeuxippe, the daughter of Hippocoon. Their children were ...
and gave birth to
Oecles In Greek mythology, Oicles or Oecles (; grc, Οἰκλῆς), also Oicleus or Oecleus (; Οἰκλεύς), was the father of the seer Amphiaraus. He accompanied Heracles on his campaign against Troy.
Family
According to Homer's ''Odyssey'', Oicle ...
and
Amphalces
In Greek mythology, Amphalces (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφάλκης) was an Argive prince as son of King Antiphates and Zeuxippe, daughter of Hippocoon. He was the brother of Oicles, father of the seer Amphiaraus.Diodorus Siculus4.68.5/ref>
Note
...
; Oecles, in his turn, married
Hypermnestra, daughter of
Thespius In Greek mythology, Thespius (; Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος ''Théspios'') or Thestius (; Ancient Greek: Θέστιος) Pausanias, 9.27.7 was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythol ...
, and to them were born
Iphianeira,
Polyboea
In Greek mythology, Polyboea (; Ancient Greek: , meaning "worth much cattle"), is a name that refers to:
* Polyboea, a sister of Hyacinthus who died a virgin and was believed to have been taken to Elysium by Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, toget ...
and Amphiaraus.
*Hippocoon, a
Thracia
Thracia or Thrace ( ''Thrakē'') is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek D ...
n counsellor and a kinsman of
Rhesus, who fought at
Troy. Awakened by
Apollo, he is the first to discover the damage caused by
Odysseus and
Diomedes in the Thracian camp.
*Hippocoon, in the ''
Aeneid'', son of
Hyrtacus, one of the participants in the archery contest at
Anchises's funeral games. His arrow misses, striking the mast to which the target dove is tied.
[ Virgil, '' Aeneid'' 5.492–545]
Notes
References
*
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
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* 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
* 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
* Publius Vergilius Maro
Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: th ...
, ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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