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Hippocampus (mythology)
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The hippocampus, or hippocamp or hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster'[1]), sometimes called a "sea-horse"[2] in English,[citation needed] is a mythological creature mentioned in Etruscan, Greek, Phoenician,[3] Pictish and Roman mythologies (though its name has a clear Greek origin), typically depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.
- ^ Word origin of Hippocampus at reference.com; compare the monster Campe.
- ^ The hyphen distinguishes from the seahorse, a real fish.
- ^ Israel Antiquities Authority, Yizre'el Valley silver hoard Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved Jan 10 2013)
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