Zeuxippe
In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (/zuːɡˈzɪpi/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξίππη) was the name of several women. The name means "she who yokes horses," from zeugos, "yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and hippos, "horse."[1]
- Zeuxippe, mother of Eribotes and Butes by Teleon. She was the daughter of the river god Eridanos.[2][3]
- Zeuxippe, mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne and Philomela by Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea.[4]
- Zeuxippe, daughter of Lamedon (son of Coronus) and Pheno, and with her husband Sicyon the mother of Chthonophyle.[5]
- Zeuxippe, a daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates.[6]
- Zeuxippe, a daughter of Athamas and possibly the mother of Ptous by Apollo.[7]
References
- ↑ American Reference Books Annual, 1992, vol. 23, p. 542
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 72-73
- ↑ Bibliotheca 3. 14. 8
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 6. 2
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 68. 5
- ↑ Scholia on Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 23. 6 (but see article on Ptous for discussion)
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