Hippomedon (/hɪˈpɒmɪdən/; Ἰππομέδων, gen.: Ἰππομέδοντος) may refer to several figures in Greek mythology:
- Hippomedon, one of the Seven against Thebes.[1]
- Hippomedon, father of Ereuthalion.[2]
- Hippomedon, son of Maenalus (or Hippasus) and the nymph Ocyrhoe, a defender of Troy killed by Neoptolemus.[3]
- Hippomedon, father of Menoites. His son was another defender of Troy and was killed by Teucer.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Apollodorus 3.6.3
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 4.319
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.36; a Hippomedon is also a victim of Neoptolemus in 8.86
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.99
References
edit- 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.
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