Melanippe
- The name Melanippe is the feminine counterpart ofMelanippus.
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InGreek mythology,the nameMelanippe(Ancient Greek:Μελανίππη,romanized:Melaníppē,lit. 'black mare') referred to several different people:
- Melanippe, daughter of theCentaurChiron.Also known asHippeorEuippe.She bore a daughter toAeolus,Melanippe orArne(see below). She escaped to MountPelionso that her father would not find out that she was pregnant, but, being searched for, she prayed toArtemisasking for assistance, and the goddess transformed her into a mare. Other accounts state that the transformation was a punishment for her having scorned Artemis, or for having divulged the secrets of gods. She was later placed among the stars.[1][2][3]
- Melanippe,daughter ofAeolusand the precedent Melanippe (or else daughter ofHippotesor ofDesmontes).
- Melanippe, aAetolianprincess as the daughter of KingOeneusofCalydonandAlthaea,daughter of King Thestius ofPleuron.As one of theMeleagrids,she was turned into aguinea fowlbyArtemisafter the death of her brother,Meleager.[4]
- Melanippe, anAmazon,sister ofHippolyta,PenthesileaandAntiope,daughter ofAres.Heraclescaptured her and demanded Hippolyte's girdle in exchange for her freedom. Hippolyte complied and Heracles let her go.[5][6]Some say that it was Melanippe whomTheseusabducted and married.[7]Yet others relate that she was killed byTelamon.[8]
- Melanippe, wife of Hippotes, son ofMimas,himself son of Aeolus, and the mother of another Aeolus.[9]
- Melanippe, anymphwho marriedItonus,son ofAmphictyon.[10]
- Melanippe, possible wife of KingChalcodonofEuboeaand mother ofElephenor.[11]
- Melanippe,an emendation for "Medippe" (name of one of thesacrificial victims of Minotaur) inServius' commentaries onAeneid.
Notes[edit]
- ^Pseudo-Eratosthenes,Catasterisms18
- ^Hyginus,De Astronomica2.18
- ^Smith,"Melanippe" 1.
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,2as cited inNicander'sMetamorphoses
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.16.3
- ^Justin's Epitome of Trogus Pompeius' History of the World, Book 2, part IVArchived2012-10-14 at theWayback Machine
- ^Apollodorus,E.1.16
- ^ScholiaonPindar,Nemean Ode3.64
- ^Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.3
- ^Pausanias,9.1.1
- ^TzetzesonLycophron,1034
References[edit]
- 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.
- Antoninus Liberalis,The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalistranslated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus,Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginustranslated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William;Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,London (1873).
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