Series of the same name characters in ancient Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, the name Evippus or Euippos [pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Εὔιππος, meaning "having good horses") may refer to:
- Evippus, a Pleuronian prince as the son of King Thestius and Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea.[1] He was the brother of Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Plexippus and Eurypylus. Evippus might have been killed by his nephew Meleager during the war of the Curetes and the Calydonians.
- Evippus, a Lycian who was killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.[2]
- Evippus, a son of Megareus and Iphinoe, brother of Timalcus and Euaechme. He was killed by the Cithaeronian lion.[3]
- Evippus, an Arcadian hero. On the wedding day of Adrastus' daughters, his shield fell off the highest summit of the temple of Athena, which was a sign of bad luck in the future.[4]