In Greek mythology , Hippothoe (Ancient Greek : Ἱπποθόη Hippothoê means 'swift as a mare'[ 1]
Hippothoe, the "lovely" Nereid and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea ' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris .[ 2] [ 3]
Hippothoe, a Libyan princess as one of the Danaïdes , daughters of King Danaus . She married and killed her cousin Obrimus , son of King Aegyptus of Egypt .[ 4]
Hippothoe, daughter of Mestor , son of Perseus , and of Lysidice , daughter of Pelops . Poseidon abducted Hippothoe from her family and took her to the Echinades islands. There, he sired Taphius who later founded the city of Taphos.[ 5]
Hippothoe, one of the Peliades , daughters of Pelias , King of Iolcus . Her mother was either Anaxibia , daughter of Bias ,[ 6] Phylomache , one of the Niobids .[ 7]
Hippothoe, the 'fierce-souled' Amazon who fought with their queen, Penthesilea at Troy .[ 8] Achilles .[ 9] [ 10] Hippothoe is also the scientific name of Lycaena hippothoe [ 11]
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^ Apollodorus, 1.9.10
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 24
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 163; Quintus Smyrnaeus , 1.44; Tzetzes , Posthomerica 176
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.532
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