Hyperippe
InGreek mythology,the nameHyperippe(/hɪpəˈrɪpi/;Ancient Greek:Ὑπερίππη) may refer to:
- Hyperippe, daughter ofDanausandCrino,who married and killed Hippocorystes, son ofAegyptusandHephaestine.[1]
- Hyperippe, daughter ofArcasand one of the possible wives ofEndymion.[2]
- Hyperippe, daughter ofLeucon,son ofAthamasandThemisto.[3]
- Hyperippe, daughter ofMunichusandLelante,sister ofAlcander,PhilaeusandMegaletor.The family were just and righteous, and were favored by the gods. When one night robbers set their house afire,Zeuswould not let them die such a miserable death and transformed them into different birds. Hyperippe was changed into adiver,because she jumped into water to escape fire.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Apollodorus,2.1.5.
- ^Pausanias,5.1.4
- ^Hesiod,Ehoiaifr. 70.8–43;West (1985a),p. 66 n. 79)
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,14
References[edit]
- Antoninus Liberalis,The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalistranslated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.ISBN0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod,Catalogue of WomenfromHomeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homericatranslated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914.Online version at theoi
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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