Hippocoon
InGreek mythology,the nameHippocoön(/hɪˈpɒkoʊˌɒn,-kəˌwɒn/;Ancient Greek:Ἱπποκόων,Hippokóōn) refers to several characters:
- Hippocoon, in one account,[1]father ofNeleus,who is otherwise called son ofCretheusorPoseidon.
- Hippocoon,aSpartanking, father ofEnarephorosand brother ofTyndareusfrom whom Hippocoon seized the kingship, then exiled Tyndareus.[2]
- Hippocoon, the great-grandfather ofAmphiaraus.The lineage is as follows:Zeuxippe,daughter of this Hippocoön, marriedAntiphatesand gave birth toOeclesandAmphalces;Oecles, in his turn, marriedHypermnestra,daughter ofThespius,and to them were bornIphianeira,Polyboeaand Amphiaraus.[3]
- Hippocoon, aThraciancounsellor and a kinsman ofRhesus,who fought atTroy.Awakened byApollo,he is the first to discover the damage caused byOdysseusandDiomedesin the Thracian camp.[4]
- Hippocoon, in theAeneid,son ofHyrtacus,one of the participants in the archery contest atAnchises's funeral games. His arrow misses, striking the mast to which the target dove is tied.[5]
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- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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 Historytranslated byCharles 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 Iliadwith an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Operain five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,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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