Hipponoe
In Greek mythology, Hipponoe (Ancient Greek: Ἱππονόη, romanized: Hipponoê or Hipponoē, lit. 'unruly as a mare'[1][2]) was the "rosy-armed" Nereid,[3] marine-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4] Her name means or 'the temper of horses' (i.e. waves).[5]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The name is the combination of Hippo- (derived from hippos), means "horse" and -noe (derived from noos / nous), means "mind," "spirit," or "temper/ disposition." Because her father was a sea god, her name's equestrian imagery ("temper of horses") was used by the ancient Greeks as a poetic metaphor for the wild, untamed power and crashing nature of sea waves.
- ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 251
- ↑ Apollodorus, 1.2.7
- ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 9780786471119.
References
[edit]- 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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