Hyperochus

In Greek mythology, the name Hyperochus (Ancient Greek: Ὑπέροχος) may refer to:

Hypeirochus (Ὑπείροχος) is a variant of the same name which refers to:

  • Hypeirochus, a defender of Troy killed by Odysseus;[9] may or may not be the same as the son of Priam.
  • Hypeirochus, father of Itymoneus; the latter was killed by Nestor in the war between the Pylians and the Eleans.[10]
  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 90
  2. ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 149 & 219
  3. ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad p. 338
  4. ^ Apollodorus, E.3.14
  5. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.756
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  7. ^ Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634
  8. ^ Pausanias, 1.4.4 & 10.23.2
  9. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.335
  10. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.672