Hipponome
In Greek mythology, Hipponome (Ancient Greek: Ἱππονόμη or Ἱππονόμης, romanized: Hipponóme, lit. 'horse-keeper', 'horse-herder' or 'one who pastures horses'[1]) was the daughter of Menoeceus from Thebes and thus sister of Creon and Jocasta. She married Alcaeus, son of Perseus and Andromeda, and had children by him, a son Amphitryon and two daughters Anaxo and Perimede. In other accounts, the wife of Alcaeus was named Astydamia, daughter of Pelops or Laonome, daughter of Guneus.[2][3]
Mythology
[edit]In Pseudo-Apollodorus' account of The Library, Hipponome was mentioned in the following passage:
- "Alcaeus had a son Amphitryon and a daughter Anaxo by Astydamia, daughter of Pelops; but some say he had them by Laonome, daughter of Guneus, others that he had them by Hipponome, daughter of Menoeceus"
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The name is a compound of two Ancient Greek roots — Hippos (ἵππος), meaning "horse" and Nomē (νομή) / Nemein (νέμειν), meaning "pasture," "management," or "to guide/ tend."
- ↑ Apollodorus, 2.4.5
- ↑ Pausanias, 8.14.2
References
[edit]- Pausanias, Description of Greece with 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.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.