Hippothoe

In Greek mythology, Hippothoe (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποθόη) is the name of five distinct characters.

• Hippothoe, one of the Nereids, daughter of Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2]
• Hippothoe, one of the Danaïdes, daughter of Danaus. She married Obrimus, son of Aegyptus.[3]
• Hippothoe, daughter of Mestor, son of Perseus, and of Lysidice, daughter of Pelops. Poseidon abducted Hippothoe from her family and took her to the Echinades islands. Upon her he sired Taphius who later founded the city of Taphos.[4]
• Hippothoe, daughter of Pelias. Her mother was either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias,[5] or Phylomache, one of the Niobids.[6]
• Hippothoe, an Amazon. She fought with Penthesilea at Troy and was killed by Achilles.[7][8][9]

Hippothoe is also the scientific name of Lycaena hippothoe, the "Purple-edged Copper" butterfly.[10]

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.7
2. Hesiod, Theogony 251
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 170
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.4.5
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.10
6. Hyginus, Fabulae 24
7. Hyginus, Fabulae 163
8. Brave Women Warriors Of Greek Myth: An Amazon Roster
9. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.44
10. "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

References

• 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.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.