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Zeuxippe
In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (/zuːɡˈzɪpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξίππη, romanized: Zeuxíppē) was the name of several women. The name means "she who yokes horses," from zeugos, "yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and hippos, "horse."[1][2]
- Zeuxippe, a naiad nymph of Athens and the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, Philomela and possibly Teuthras[3] by King Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea.[4]
- Zeuxippe, the Athenian naiad-daughter of the river god Eridanos.[5] She was the mother of Butes by Teleon.[6]
- Zeuxippe, a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King Lamedon (son of Coronus) and Pheno. She was the wife of Sicyon and the mother of Chthonophyle.[7]
- Zeuxippe, daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates.[8]
- Zeuxippe, daughter of Athamas and possibly the mother of Ptous by Apollo.[9]
- Zeuxippe, a Trojan queen as the possible wife of King Laomedon and the mother of his children.[10]
- ^ American Reference Books Annual. Libraries Unlimited. 1992. ISBN 978-0-87287-964-5.
- ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 167. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Thespeia
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.8
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.72-73
- ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
- ^ Scholia on Pausanias, 9.23.6 (but see article on Ptous for discussion)
- ^ Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 3.250 as cited in Alcman, fr. 105
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