Evippus
In Greek mythology, the name Evippus or Euippos (Ancient Greek: Εὔιππος, meaning "having good horses") may refer to:
- Evippus, a son of King Thestius of Pleuron and Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea.[1] He was the brother of Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Plexippus and Eurypylus. Evippus might have been killed by his nephew Meleager during the war of the Curetes and the Calydonians.
- Evippus, a Lycian who was killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.[2]
- Evippus, a son of Megareus and Iphinoe, brother of Timalcus and Euaechme. He was killed by the Cithaeronian lion.[3]
- Evippus, an Arcadian hero. On the wedding day of Adrastus' daughters, his shield fell off the highest summit of the temple of Athena, which was a sign of bad luck in the future.[4]
References
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.10
- Homer, Iliad, 16. 417
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 41. 3
- Statius, Thebaid, 2. 258
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