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Hippothoon (/hɪˈpɒθoʊ.ən/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἱπποθόων, -ωντος) or
Hippothous is a
figure in Gr**** mythology,
often described as the King of Eleusis, succeeding...
- his
granddaughter through Cercyon, and from the
union she gave
birth to
Hippothoon.
Alope left the
infant in the open to die of exposure, but a p****ing mare...
- Echo,
granddaughter of Hermes, and a
servant of Metaneira, the wife of
Hippothoon.
Others call her a
slave of Celeus, king of Eleusis. The
extravagant hilarity...
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through Cercyon, his son and King of Eleusis,
begetting the
Attic hero
Hippothoon.
Cercyon had his
daughter buried alive but
Poseidon turned her into the...
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after Cécrops
Hippothontis (or Hippothoontis) (Ἱπποθοντίς)
named after Hippothoon Aiantis (Αἰαντίς)
named after Ajax
Antiochis (Ἀντιοχίς)
named after Antiochus...
- Cramer, 1780
Sphinx penaeus Fabricius, 1787
Erinnyis melancholica Grote, 1865
Dilophonota hippothoon Burmeister, 1878
Anceryx piperis Boisduval, 1875...
- seer and twin
brother of C****andra, who
later became king of
Epirus Hippothoön, a king of
Eleusis Hyrieus, a king of
Boeotia Ilus, founder-king of Troy...
- may also have been a
member of this tribe)
Hippothontis (named
after Hippothoon)
Kekropis (named
after Cécrops)
Leontis (named
after Leos, son of Orpheus)...
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during the
reforms of Cleisthenes. It was
named after the
legendary hero
Hippothoon. Its
demes were Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdous, Dekeleia...
- of
Zarex in Laconia; he also had a
heroon at Eleusis, next to that of
Hippothoon.
There also was a
mountain on
Euboea thought to be
named after him. Pausanias...
